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LIBRARY 


DESCENDANTS 


OF    THE    BROTHERS 


JEREMIAH    AND   JOHN 


WOOD. 


COMPILED    AND    PUBLISHED 

BY 

WILLIAM    S.'WOOD,     ec^^>p 

SuPT.    City    Schools,    Seymour,    Ind. 


PRESS  OF  CHARLES   HAMILTON. 

Worcester,  Mass. 

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Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1885, 

BY    WILLIAM    S.    WOOD, 

in  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


PREFACE. 


The  descendants  of  the  brothers  Jeremiah  and  John 
Wood  are  found  in  most  of  the  States  and  Territories  of 
the  United  States,  as  well  as  in  some  of  the  isles  of  the 
sea  and  distant  lands. 

The  compiler  has  labored  long  and  persistently  to 
bring  together  the  records  of  these  various  branches,  and 
he  hopes  this  volume  may  meet  with  a  kind  reception 
among  those  for  whom  it  has  been  especially  prepared. 

It  has  been  thought  best  to  publish  this  pioneer 
Genealogy  of  the  brothers  Jeremiah  and  John  Wood, 
not  waiting  for  absolute  perfection,  hoping  that  it  may 
give  information  and  stimulate  enquiry  concerning  our 
kindred,  that  we  may  be  more  strongly  bound  together  as 
one  great  family,  whether  by  the  name  of  Wood  or 
otherwise. 

The  compiler  takes  pleasure  in  saying  that  his  respect 
and  veneration  for  this  family  has  been  largely  increased 
by  his  researches,  and  he  beheves  it  will  bear  favorable 
comparison  with  other  great  families  whose  genealogical 
records  have  been  carefully  preserved.  May  we  all  do 
what  we  can  to  perfect  and  preserve  our  own.  In  the 
language  of  Job,  viii.  8  :  "Enquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the' 
former  age,  and  prepare  thyself  to  the  search  of  their 
fathers." 


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iv  PREFACE. 

I  wish  to  thank  all  those  who  have  contributed  records 
and  information,  which  includes  hundreds  of  persons. 
I  am  parti cularl}^  indebted  to  Charles  H.  Lane,  of  Tem- 
pleton,  Mass.,  who  collected  the  Abel  White  records. 
I  must  acknowledge  valuable  suggestions  from  John 
Ward  Dean,  the  librarian  of  the  New  England  Historic 
Genealogical  Society,  Boston,  Mass. 

I  call  attention  to  the  excellent  mechanical  execution 
of  this  volume  by  the  printing  establishment  of  Charles 
Hamilton,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  I  extend  my  sincere 
thanks  for  the  uniform  courtesy  of  the  house,  and  for 
its  superior  work,  under  the  well-known  manager  and 
proof-reader,  Benjamin  J.  Dodge,  who  has  done  much 
to  prevent  mistakes  of  type  and  pen. 

Boston,  Mass.,  August  14,  188 j. 


EXPLANATIONS. 


The  figures  before  the  name  is  the  number  given  that  name 
for  reference. 

The  figures  after  the  name  refers  back  to  the  parents'  num- 
ber, excepting  in  the  record  of  marriage  it  refers  to  that  person's 
record  in  the  following  number. 

The  "  Index  of  Heads  of  Families"  refers  to  the  name  of  the 
father,  and  the  name  of  the  mother  before  marriage,  at  the 
head  of  their  family  record  in  the  book. 

A  part  of  the  book  is  not  numbered  where  I'eferences  are  not 
required,  and  some  figures  have  been  passed  over  in  the  num- 
bering to  facilitate  the  introduction  of  additional  names  in  their 
proper  place,  up  to  the  time  of  printing. 

The  abbreviations  are  as  follows:  —  b.  for  born  ;  bap.  for 
baptized  ;  m.  for  married  ;  d.  for  died  ;  res.  for  residence. 


CONTENTS 


PART    I 


JEREMIAH  WOOD  BRANCH. 

PAGES. 

Jeremiah  and  Dorathy  (Benet)  Wood,  .         ii  to  26 

Ancestors  of  Dorathy  Wood,     .         .         .  11  and  12 

Joseph  Wood  and  Descendants,      .         .         .         26  to  43 

Including  Aaron  Wood,  Grace  (Wood)  Wheeler, 
Aaron  Wood,  Jr.,  Wm.  Anson  Wood,  Walter  A. 
Wood,  Eliphalet  Wood. 

Lucy  (Wood)   Chase  and  Descendants,      .  43 

Bennet  Wood  and  Descendants,     .         .         .         44  to  57 

Including  Dorathj  (Wood)  Davis,  Thomas  Wood, 
Susanna  (Wood)  Foster. 

John  Wood  and  Descendants,     .         .         .  57  ^^  ^^3 

Including  Dea.  John  Wood,  Lydia  (Wood)  Davis, 
Timothy  Wood,  Ebenezer  Wood,  Salmon  Wood. 

Sarah   (Wood)   Chase  and  Descendants,   .  183 

Jonathan  Wood  and  Descendants,  .         .     184  to  209 

Including  Abigail  (Wood)  Whitman,  Sarah  (Wood) 
Blood,  Dr.  Jonathan  Wood,  Charlotte  (Wood) 
Whitman  and  Joseph  Wood. 

Eliphalet  Wood  and  Descendants,    .         .  209  to  215 

Including  the  children  and  descendants  of  Jabez 
Wood. 


CONTENTS.  Vll 

PART    II. 
CAPT.  JOHN  WOOD  BRANCH. 

PAGES. 

John  and  Elizabeth   (Buckminster)  Wood,  .         215 

Ancestors  of  Elizabeth  Wood,  .         .  217  to  224 

John  Wood  and  Descendants,         .         .         .      225  to  233 

Capt.  Joseph  Wood, 233 

Dr.  Joseph  Wood, 234 

Hannah   (Wood)   Haven, 236 

Maj.  William  Wood, 238 

Samuel  Wood,        .......  265 

Nathaniel  Goodwin  Wood,     .....         267 


INDEX  OF  HEADS  OF  FAMILIES. 

Index  A,  Heads  of  Families  by  the  Name  of  Wood,  279 
Index  B,  Heads  of  Families  other  than  Wood,  2S2 


PORTRAITS. 


William  S.  Wood, 

William  Anson  Wood, 

Walter  A.  Wood, 

Eliphalet  Wood, 

John  H.  Wood, 

Isaac  Wood, 

Amariah  Wood, 

Group  of  Wood  Brothers, 


To  face  title-page. 
To  face  29 
To  face  34 
To  face  42 
To  face  78 
To  face  84 
To  face  1 20 
To  face  132 


William  Charles,  John  Anderson,  Walter  Mabie 
and  Orville  Fisk. 

Stephen  Wood,            .....  To  face  174 

Maria   (Foster)  Wood,          ....  To  face  177 

Robert  W.  Wood,      .....  To  face  206 

Joseph  Wood,          ......  To  face  226 

Phebe   (Goulding)   Wood,          .         .         .  To  face  238 

Nathaniel  G.  Wood,              .         ...  To  face  270 


PART   FIRST. 


JEREMIAH  WOOD. 


i(  JEREMIAH  WOOD  was  married  unto  Dority  Benett 

J  the  29^"  March  1709,"  as  per  Vol.  2,  page  354, 
Lyme  Town  Records,  and  by  his  own  Family  Record 
now  in  possession  of  Isaac  Wood  of  Boston,  Mass. 

The  grandfather  of  Dorathy  (Benett)  Wood,  Henry 
Champion,  was  born,  in  England  in  161 1.  He  came  to 
New  England  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Saybrook 
and  Lj'me,  Connecticut. 

In  the  old  Town  Records  of  Saybrook  we  find  the 
following  : 

Henry  Champion  was  married  in  Aug.  1647      He  had  : 

Saraw  (Sarah),  born  in  1649. 

Mary,  born  in  165 1. 

Stephen,  born  1653  ;   died  in  the  beginning  of  May,  1660. 

Henry,  Jun'r,  born  1654  or  5. 

Thomas,  born  April,  1656.    , 

'  Royal  P.  Hinman,  in  his  "  Early  Puritan  Settlers  of 
Connecticut,"  says: — "Few  families  in  the  Connecticut 
Colony  have  been  more  prospered  than  that  of  Henry 
Champion,  Sen.,  of  Saybrook.  When  I  speak  of  his 
family,  I  intend  his  numerous  descendants."  He  speaks 
of  descendants  of  Thomas,  son  of  Henry,  Sen.,  mentioning 
Col.  Henry,  Gen."  Henry,  Gen.  Epaphroditus  Champion, 
as  fortunate  in  amassing  wealth.  Col.  Henry,  son  of 
Thomas,  bore  an  important  part  in  the  war  of  the  Revo- 
lution ;  was  appointed  Commissary  in  1775,  in  the  com- 
mencement of  the  Revolution,  assisted  by  his  sons,  who 
afterwards  held  an  exalted  position  in  Connecticut.     E. 


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Champion  was  a  Member  of  Congress  from  1807  to 
1817. 

Henry  Champion,  Sen.,  removed  to  Lyme  many  years 
before  his  death.  He  was  propounded  for  a  freeman  at 
Lyme  in  1670.  He  had  lands  beyond  "Little  Stony 
Brook  "  in  June,  1674,  and  other  lands. 

He  married  21st  March,  1698,  second  wife  Deborah, 
and  died  at  great  age  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  Feb.  17,  1708. 

The  papers  concerning  the  final  settlement  of  his  estate 
are  on  file  at  the  Probate  Office,  New  London,  Conn. 
The  following  named  heirs  signed  a  paper  declaring 
themselves  satisfied  with  the  distribution  of  the  estate  : 
Deborah  Champion,  wife ;  Henry  Champion ;  Henry 
Benet ;  Aaron  Huntly  ;  John  Wade;  Hannah  Wade. 

Lyme  was  settled  about  1664  ;  its  first  English  name 
was  East  Saybrook.  It  was  incorporated  as  a  distinct 
town  by  the  name  of  Lyme,  in  1667. 

Henry  Benet,  named  above  as  one  of  the  heirs  of  Henry 
Champion,  Sen.,  married  Sarah  Champion,  daughter  of 
Henry  Champion,  Sen.,  9th  of  December,  1673.  Among 
the  names  of  their  children  is  Dorathy  Benet,  who  married 
Jeremiah  Wood. 

As  per  Lyme  Town  Records,  Henry  and  Sarah 
(Champion)  Benet  had  : 

Caleb,  b.  Oct.  11,  1675. 
Rose,  b.  Nov.  15,  1677. 
John,  b.  Dec.  26,  1680. 
Sarah,  b.  Aug.  7,  1683. 
Love,  b.  March  19th,  16S5. 
DoRETE,  b.  May  19,  168S. 
Henry,  b.  July  29,  1691. 

The  History  of  New  London,  by  F.  M.  Calkins,  says  : 
"  Henry  Bennet  of  L3^me  died  in  1726  leaving  three  sons 
and  four  married  daughters."  His  Will  and  a  record  of 
"Deeds  of  Gift"  to  his  children  are  to  be  found  at  New 
London,  Conn.,  as  also  a  "Deed  of  Gift"  to  Dorathy,  his 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  13^ 

daughter,  is  found   among  the   papers  of  her  husband, 
Jeremiah  Wood. 

Children   of  Jeremiah   (i)   and  Dorathy   (2)  (Benett) 

Wood: 

3.  Sarah,  b.  April  18,  1710;  died  Dec.  8,  1723. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  14,  171 1. 

5.  Joseph,  b.  May  32,  1713- 

6.  Luce,  b.  March  4,  1715. 

7.  Benet,  b.  March  15,  1717;  d.  Apr.  28,  1797. 

8.  John,  b,  February  3,  1719;  d.  Apr.  8,  1758. 

9.  Jeremiah,  b.  Dec.  i,  1721  ;  d.  Oct.  21,  1736. 

10.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  7,  i7-4- 

11.  Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  3,  1727;  d.  Oct.  18,  1797. 

12.  Eliphaeet,  b.  July  19,  1729;  d.  Apr.  16,  1817. 
Jeremiah  Wood  lived  in  Stow,  Mass.,  when  his  first 

four  children  were  born,  and  the  rest  of  his  family  were 
born  in  Littleton,  Mass.  The  Stow  Records  were 
destroyed  previous  to  17 13,  consequently  there  is  no 
Town  record  of  the  births  of  the  first  two  girls.  The  first 
name  on  the  Stow  Town  Record  of  Births  is  that  of 
Joseph  Wood,  third  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy  Wood, 
b.  May  22,  1713,  as  per  Town  and  family  records. 

The  Town  record  of  the  birth  of  Luce  is  identical  with 
that  found  in  Jeremiah's  family  record,  including  the 
spelling  of  the  name.  The  Town  and  family  records 
of  those  born  in  Littleton  are  the  same.  Jeremiah  Wood 
died  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  July  15,  1730,  aged  52  years, 
2  months  and  8  days,  as  given  upon  his  gravestone  in 
Littleton. 

His  birth,  therefore,  must  have  been  in  May,  1678. 
He  had  a  brother,  John  Wood,  who  married  March  3, 
1705,  Elizabeth  Buckminster,  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph 
Buckminster  of  Framingham,  Mass.,  and  the  marriage  is 
recorded  there  "both  of  this  town."  He  first  setded  in 
Framingham,  Mass.,  where  the  births  of  all  of  his  chil- 
dren but  the  last  are  recorded.  He  afterwards  settled  in 
Hopkinton,  Mass.,  where  the  present  village  of  Woodville 


14  JEREMIAH    WOOD 

now  stands,  and  where  several  of  John  Wood's  descend- 
ants now  reside. 

In  a  memorandum  of  an  agreement  between  Zachariah 
Whitman  of  Hull,  and  Jeremiah  Wood,  May  2,  1705, 
probably  written  by  Whitman,  it  reads  "'Jeremiah  Wood 
of 'Malborow.'"  In  his  intention  of  marriage  it  reads 
"both  of  Lyme,"  Conn.  ;  from  1710  to  1716,  in  records 
and  accounts,  he  is  of  Stow,  Mass.  From  17 16  until  his 
death,  of  Littleton,  Mass. 

The  following  from  Jeremiah  Wood's  papers  : 

"  1705,  May  3nd. 
Memorandum. 
It  is  agreed  upon  betwixt  Zechariah  Whitman  of  Hull  & 
Jeremiah  Wood  of  Malborow  y*^  s"^-  Wood  doth  enter  into 
possession  &  occupation  of  the  same  house  and  land  and  meadow 
formerly  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Daby  of  Stow  for  some 
years  yet  to  come  from  the  first  of  day  of  this  instant  May  &  sd. 
Wood  is  to  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  7  £  per  annum  to  said 
Whitman. 

Zechariah  Whitman." 

In  1707,  by  his  account  book,  he  worked  three  weeks 
and  four  days  for  James  Levins.  He  received  four  weeks' 
board.  "Sept.  20th  day  James  Levins  owes  me  eighty 
shillings." 

In  1708,  Feb.  13,  a  receipt  in  full  for  rent  of  estate  in 
Stow  is  received  from  the  agent  of  Zachariah  Whitman. 

An  intention  of  marriage  is  found  among  Jeremiah's 
private  papers  : 

"This:  is:  to  give  :  notice:  that  there  :  is  :  a  :  purpose  of 
marriage  intended  between  Jeremiah  Wood  Sen.  and  Dorathy 
Benet  both  of  Lyme. 

March  y'' 20  :  day:    1709." 

Bv  the  papers  and  accounts  of  Jeremiah  Wood  that  we 
have  seen,  it  is  not  improbable  that  he  settled  immediately 
after  marriage  upon  the  estate  where  he  died.  His  resi- 
dence was  first  in  Stow,  then  in  Littleton, — but  this  may 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I5 

have  been  caused  by  the  estabHshing  of  the  boundaries  of 
the  town,  which  was  named  Littleton,  Dec.  3,  1715, —  and 
in  1 7 16,  and  ever  after  in  his  accounts  we  find  Jeremiah 
Wood  in  Littleton.  In  Stow,  in  1681,  we  find  the  names 
of  twelve  persons  to  whom  allotments  of  land  were  made, 
one  of  whom  was  that  of  Joseph  Daby,  whose  name 
appears  later  in  this  volume.  The  town  extended  from 
the  ancient  bounds  of  Sudbury  to  what  is  now  Lunenburg. 
Stow  was  incorporated  May  16,  1683.  We  find  a  receipt 
given  to  Jeremiah  Wood  of  Littleton,  for  church  purposes 
in  1716. 

The  birth  of  his  daughter  Luce,  born  March  16,  17 15, 
is  recorded  in  Stow  ;  the  birth  of  his  next  younger  child, 
Benet,  born  March  15,  171 7,  is  recorded  in  Littleton. 
One  line  of  the  lands  of  the  Littleton  estate  crosses  Beaver 
Brook. 

"  Whom  it  may  concern. 

This  may  certify  that  Jeremiah  Wood  hired  of  the  Selectmen 
of  Stow  that  part  of  common  meadow  belonging  to  sd.  town 
lying  on  Beaver  Brook  for  the  year  1716. 

Stow  July  the  9th  1716  Thomas  Brown,  Clark." 

Jeremiah  Wood  was  a  Weaver,  a  Yeoman,  Gentleman, 
as  shown  by  his  account  book  and  papers.  He  was 
Constable  and  Collector,  later  Selectman,  and  for  some 
years  Treasurer  of  the  town  of  Littleton.  He  was  a 
member  and  supporter  of  the  church  in  Littleton,  and 
his  estate,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  valued  at  almost 
a  thousand  pounds. 

His  brother  John  died  about  five  years  before  him,  and 
his  estate,  at  what  is  now  Woodville,  Mass.,  was  valued 
at  nearly  nine  hundred  pounds. 

The  account  book  and  papers  of  Jeremiah  Wood, 
and  those  of  his  son  John,  were  discovered  by  the  writer 
in  searching  for  old  papers  of  our  ancestors.  They  are  in 
the  possession  of  Isaac  Wood  of  Boston,  Mass.,  who  was 
not  aware  that  he  had  them.      He  brought  papers  of  his 


l6  JEREMIAH    WOOD 

father  and  grandfather  from  the  old  homestead  to  Boston, 
but  was  not  a  httle  surprised  to  see  records  of  six  genera- 
tions in  his  possession.  He  has  my  sincere  thanks  for  the 
free  use  of  all  of  them. 

The  account  book  was  intended  to  be  carried  in  the 
pocket,  but  is  large  for  that  purpose  ;  it  was  bound  in 
leather  peculiar  to  those  times,  and  had  a  copper  clasp. 
It  was  commenced  when  he  was  young ;  some  of  the 
leaves  are  missing  ;  the  first  pages  are  gone  ;  the  earliest 
account  left  in  the  book  is  in  1707.  A  part  of  another 
account  book  is  found,  but  of  later  date.  Other  books 
are  probably  lost  or  destroyed.  Of  the  first  named  book, 
on  the  second  page  of  the  cover,  in  his  own  handwriting, 
which  was  always  very  good,  is  the  common  entry  in 
earlier  times.  When  we  recall  the  fact  that  he  was  born 
more  than  two  hundred  years  ago,  a  more  impressive 
meaning  is  attached  to  his  statements  on  the  cover.  They 
are  as  follows  ; 

"Jeremiah  Wood,  His  Book  His  hand. 

Jeremiah  Wood,  His  Book  and  with  his 
hand  and  pen  he  wret  the  same. 

Jeremiah  Wood  his  hand  and  name 
and  with  my  ink  and  pen  writ  the  same." 

To  facilitate  further  research,  I  give  some  of  the  names 
of  persons  in  this  account  book  with  whom  I  find  he  had 
dealings  : 

John  Eveleth,  minister  of  the  town  of  Stow ;  John 
Barker  of  Concord,  blacksmith;  Samuel  Wright  of  Con- 
cord ;  Joseph  Daby  of  Stow  ;  John  Barker  of  Stow,  1710  ; 
James  Keyes  of  Lancaster ;  Moses  Whitney  of  Stow ; 
Richard  Euscnes,  Sen.,  1707  ;  Capt.  Prescott  of  Groton ; 
Caleb  Taylor  ;  John  Robins  ;  Josiah  Whitcombe  of  Lan- 
caster ;  Hezekiah  Whitcombe ;  Jonathan  Whitcombe ; 
Joseph  Harris ;  Jonathan  Prescott ;  Joseph  Powers ; 
Jonathan  Hartwell  ;    Jonathan  Taylor  ;    Moses  Whitney, 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 7 

Sen.  of  Stow ;  Elizabeth  Whitcombe  of  Lancaster ; 
Phineas  Rice,  171 1  ;  David  Wetherbee  of  Stow;  Robert 
Robins;     Benj.     Shattuck ;     Joseph    Whitcomb ;     John 

Perham  ;      Lawrence  ;     Thomas    Chamberlain ; 

John  Sayer  of  Lancaster  ;  Widow  Wetherbee  of  Stow  ; 
Ephraim  Wetherbee  ;  John  Farr  ;  John  Cobliech,  1723  ; 
Thomas  Whitney  of  Stow,  1722  ;  Joseph  Barker;  Joseph 
Blancher  ;  John  Edwards  ;  Joseph  Whitney  of  Chelms- 
ford ;    John  Wood  of  Hopkinton,  June  and  August,  1724. 

We  tind  among  Jeremiah's  papers  a  "Deed  of  Gift"  to 
Dorathy  Benet,  from  her  father,  Henry  Benet  of  Lyme, 
Conn.  It  is  recorded  in  the  second  book  of  Records, 
folio  347.     This  deed  was  signed  Feb.  24,  1706-7, 

Recorded  5th  of  March,  1707,  by 

Joseph  Peck,  Recorder. 

Also,  the  following  statement : 

"  Lyme,  Oct.  9,  1732. 
Mr.  Henry  Benet  Sen.  hath   given  the  one  half  of  Volunteer 
lot  in  Voluntown  unto  me  Jeremiah  Wood  who  am   his  son-in- 
law,  living  in  Littleton  y''  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England." 

Henry  Benet  also  remembers  his  daughter,  Dorathy 
Wood,  in  his  will. 

"  Oct.  27,  1725. 
Received  of  Jeremiah  Wood  twenty  shillings  for  y'  five  years 
tax  of  half  a  lot  of  land  in  Voluntown  originally  Henry  Benett's 
which  was  sold  for  y^'  non  payment  of  y*"  first  two  years  Tax 
and  was  sold  Thomas  Dow  of  Voluntown  and  is  acquitted  from 
y*-  said  seizment  y"  said  Wood  paying  y'  charge  with  y-^  inter- 
est sixteen  shillings  and  four  pence 

01 — 16 — 4  Jacob  Brown,  Treasurer." 

A  Deed  of  the  above  is  found  among  the  rest,  it  having 
been  deeded  to  him  after  the  back  taxes  had  been  paid. 
Deed  dated  March  28,  1726.  The  tract  now  comprising 
the  town  of  Voluntown,  Conn.,  was  granted  in  1696  to 
the  Volunteers   in  the  Narragansett  war,  and  the  town 


l8  JEREMIAH    WOOD 

received  its  name  from  that  circumstance.  April  17,  1706, 
they  went  out  to  "draw  lots."  One  hundred  and  fifty  lots 
were  laid  out,  some  receiving  but  half  a  share.  Henry 
Benet  was  one  of  the  proprietors. 

Jeremiah  Wood  purchased  of  the  "Town  of  Littleton  " 
his  estate  there  Jan.  13,  1717,  a  part  of  which  is  still  in 
the  possession  of  his  descendants.  Several  generations 
of  the  Wood  family  have  been  born  there.  The  writer, 
his  father,  grandfather  and  great-grandfather  were  born 
there,  and  his  great-great-grandfather,  Jeremiah  Wood, 
received  the  deed  from  the  Town  of  Littleton,  as  explained 
in  the  deed  itself.  It  is  here  given  for  the  information  it 
contains,  and  as  a  curiosity  for  coming  generations.  It 
is  as  follows  : 

Deed  of  "Town  of  Littleton"  to  Jeremiah  Wood. 

"Be  it  known  to  all  people  before  whom  we  send  Greeting: 

"  That  we  Jonathan  Prescott  and  Joseph  Bulkley  of  Concord, 
Nathaniel  Wilder  of  Lancaster,  Eleazer  Lawrence  of  Groton, 
Isaac  Powers  of  Littleton  all  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  in  his 
majesty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  in  New  England 
Gentlemen,  Being  a  Committee  be  any  Three  of  them  author- 
ized by  the  Grantors,  owners,  and  proprietors  of  the  Land  in 
Littleton  to  Grant,  sell,  convey,  and  confirm  by  Deeds  of  Sale 
under  our  Hands  and  Seals  as  the  Law  directs  in  behalf  of  the 
owners  and  proprietors  to  such  persons  as  Shall  appear  to  pur- 
chase Land  in  Littleton,  Have  for  the  good  Settlement  of  the 
Town  and  in  consideration  of  Forty-one  pounds  in  Current 
money  To  us  in  hand  paid  to  our  content  for  the  use  of  the 
proprietors  By  Jeremiah  Wood  now  Resident  in  Littleton  in 
the  County  and  Province  above  mentioned  The  receipt  thereof 
we  Do  hereby  acknowledge  and  y*^  show  with  we  are  fully 
Satisfied,  Contented  and  paid  and  Do  for  ourselves  and  the 
Grantors  &  owners  their  heirs  and  assignes  fully  Clearly  and 
absolutely  acquit,  Exonerate  and  discharge  the  aforesaid 
Jeremiah  Wood  his  heirs  and  assigns  of  every  part  and  parcel 
thereof  forever,  Have  given,  granted,  bargained  and  sold 
allowed  conveyed,  made   over  and  .confirmed  and   do  by  these 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I9 

presents  give  grant  bargain  sell  and  convey,  make  over  confirm 
Deliver  and  abdicate  one  Messuage  or  Tenement  or  Tract  of 
Land  containing   upland,  meadow  Land  and  Swamp  Land  all 
in  all  in  one  entire  piece  and  Is  situate  lying  and  being  in  the 
Town  of  Littleton  and  in  County  of  Middlesex  aforesaid  and  is 
laid  out  Butted  and  bounded  as  followeth  Viz.    The  east  corner 
is  a  stake  and  heap  of  stones  at  the  west  corner  of  Caleb  Tailors 
Lott  and   from   there  partly   south  along  sd.  Tailors  Line  by 
divers  marked  Trees  till  it  come  to  the  highway  to  a  white-oak 
tree   marked   standing  before   sd.  Wood's   Door    then   running 
southward  along  said  Highway  till  it  come  to  a  heap  of  stones 
which   is  the  southwardly  corner  of  sd.    Lott.     Then  turneth 
northwardly  along  by  Divers  old  marked  Trees  till  it  come  to  a 
stake  and  heap  of  stones  which  is  the  west  corner  of  the  Lott, 
on  the  west  side  of  Beaver  Brook.     Then  turning  eastward  and 
running  on  a  strait  line  to  the  first  mentioned  stake  and  heap  of 
stones,  Being  by  estimation  one  hundred  acres  be  the  same  more 
or  be  the  same  less.     To  have  and  to   hold  the   above  granted 
and    bargained    premises    as   above    Butted    and   bounded   or 
Demised  to  be  bounded   with    all    appurtences,    rights   Titles 
Interest  Privileges  and  commodity  or  discommoditiy  to  the  same 
belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining  to  him  the   sd.  Jeremiah 
Wood  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  to  his  and  their  proper  only 
proper   use   benefit   and  behoof  forever.     And   We   the   above 
named  Committee  ye  Subscribers  Do  for  ourselves  and  for  the 
Grantor^    their    heirs   and   Assigns   Do   covenant   promise   and 
Grant  To  &  with  the  sd.  Jeremiah  Wood  his  heirs  and  assigns 
that  before  the  Ensealing  thereof  we  are  the  true  sole  and  Law- 
full  owners  of  the  above  granted  and  bargained   premises  and 
are  lawfully  seized  and  possessed  of  same  in  our  own  proper 
right  as  a  good  perfect  and  absolute  estate  of  inheritance  in  fee 
simple  and  have  ourselves  good  right,  full  power  and  Lawful 
Authority    to    grant    bargain    Sell     Convey    and     Confirm    sd. 
bargained  premises   in   manner   as   aforesaid  and  that  the   sd. 
Jeremiah  Wood,  his  heirs  and  assigns  Shall  and  may  from  time 
to  time  and  at  all  times  forever   hereafter  by  virtue  and  force  of 
these  Grants  Lawfully  peaceably  and  Quietly  Have,  hold,  use 
occupy  possess  and  Enjoy  the  aforesaid  demised  and  bargained 
premises  free  and  clear  and  freely  and  clearly  acquitted,  Exon- 
erated  and   Discharged  from   all   and   all   manner  of  former  & 


20  JEREMIAH    WOOD 

other  gifts  grants,  bargains,  Sales  Lease,  mortgages.  Wills, 
Entails  Joyntures  Doweries  Judgments  Executions,  Incum- 
brances and  Escheats. 

Furthermore  We  the  Subscribers  in  the  behalf  of  y*"  Grantors 
their  heirs  Executors  Adm^  and  assigns  Do  Covenant  and 
engage  the  above  Demised  premises  unto  the  Grantee  his  heirs 
Executors  Adm^  and  assigns  against  the  lawful  claims  and 
Demands  of  any  person  or  persons  whatsoever  forever,  here- 
after to  warrant  secure  and  Defend. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  Set  our  hands  and 
Seals  this  thirteenth  day  of  January  One  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  sixteen  aliaz  seventeen. 

Jon.''  Prescott  &  a  seal 
Eleazer  Lawrence  &  a  seal 
Isaac  Powers  &  a  seal 
Signed,  sealed  in  presence  of 
Samuel  Davis 
Sam"  Dudley 
Middlesex 

Jonathan  Prescott  Eleazer  Lawrence  &  Isaac  Powers  appeared 
before  me  and  acknowledged  the  above  written  Instrument  to 
be  their  act  and  Deed 
Aug.  27,  1717 

Thomas  Yiow^  Justice  of  Peace. 

Cambr.  Sept.  3,  171 7 

Rec'^  and  accordingly  Entered 

By  Sam'  Phipps,  Reg''-" 

John  Daby  of  the  Town  of  Stow,  bought  land  of  the 
same  Committee  a  few  days  after. 

Benjamin  Shattuck,  son  of  Dr.  Philip  Shattuck  of 
Watertown,  was  the  first  ordained  minister  of  Littleton, 
b.  May  15,  1684,  ordained  25th  of  December,  1717.  He 
had  probably  preached  there  earlier,  as  I  find  a  receipt, 
dated  Sept.  i,  1716,  for  one  pound  some  shillings,  col- 
lected for  Benjamin  Shattuck  of  Jeremiah  Wood. 

I  will  now  introduce  a  copy  of  a  letter  written  one 
hundred    and    sixty-seven    years  ago.      (1885).     It  was 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  21 

written  by  John  Wood  and  wife  to  their  brother.     The 
direction  was  upon  the  outside  as  follows  : 

"  This  for 

Mr.  Jeremiah  Wood 
living  in  Littleton, 
Deliver." 

Inside. 

"December  the  i8,  1718.  Whithall. 
After  my  love  to  you  these  lines  are  to  inform  you   that  I  am 
in  good  health  and  mine  also. 

My  wife  and  I  have  love  for  you  and  yours,  but  we  show  it 
not  by  our  often  meetings. 
I  pray  mend  these  faults 

And  this  for  my  part, 

John  Wood,  your  loven  brother." 

"And  as  for  my  part  I  would  gladly  have  come  to  see  you  this 
fall  but  your  Brother  would  not,  nevertheless  I  would  be  very 
glad  to  see  you  both  at  our  house. 

Your  loving  sister 

Elizabeth  Wood." 

The  above  letter  from  Jeremiah  Wood's  papers  is 
important  in  establishing  the  relationship  of  Jeremiah 
Wood  of  Littleton  and  John  Wood  of  Hopkinton,  living 
at  Whitehall. 

In  Jeremiah  Wood's  account  book  we  find  an  account 
with  his  brother  the  year  before  John's  death,  as  follows  : 

"June  3,  1734  John  Wood  of  Hopkinton  is  debtor  to  me 
Jeremiah  Wood  of  Littleton,  To  forty-three  pounds  of  tobacco 
I  £  IS.  6d. 

Aug.  I,  1724  To  weaving  twenty  nine  yards  of  all  wool  cloth 
at  eight  pence  per  yard  19s.  4d. 

To  weaving  sixteen  yards  of  Linen  cloth  four  yards  striped 
i6s.  4d." 

In  a  paper  of  Capt.  Amariah  Wood,  entitled  "  The 
Progenitors   of  Amariah  Wood,  as  far  back  as   he   has 


22  JEREMIAH    WOOD 

knowledge  thereof,"  written  in  1856,  he  says:  "  I  think 
my  father,  Dea.  John  Wood  of  Littleton  has  said  that 
some  of  his  relatives  settled  somewhere  south,  not  far 
from  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  some  in  Westminster,  Mass." 
In  my  early  days  I  heard  the  name  of  Hopkinton  men- 
tioned as  perhaps  the  place  of  settlement ;  I  therefore 
examined  the  records  in  Probate  otBce  at  Cambridge, 
Mass.  I  found  on  file  the  settlement  of  Capt.  John 
Wood's  estate  of  Hopkinton.  I  was  surprised  in  finding 
the  same  signature,  Elizabeth  Wood,  as  Administratrix, 
as  in  the  letter  named.  She  was  married  again  about 
three  years  after  John  Wood's  decease,  and  before  the 
fin'al  settlement  of  the  estate,  and  she  signs  again  as 
Elizabeth  Wood  alias  Rice. 

She  married  Josiah  Rice.  I  looked  at  the  settlement 
of  Rice's  estate  and  his  Will,  and  find  the  name  "  Elizabeth 
Rice  and  my  son  in  law  Joseph  Wood  Executors,"  and 
the  same  signature,  Elizabeth  Rice.  I  afterwards  discov- 
ered that  her  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Buckminster, 
and  a  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  Buckminster  of  Framing- 
ham,  Mass.  I  looked  at  the  settlement  of  his  estate  and 
found  the  name  of  Elizabeth  Rice  upon  a  paper  acknowl- 
edging the  receipt  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  pounds 
from  the  estate. 

I  then  placed  the  four  signatures  before  three  men  who 
were  considered  experts,  the  papers  so  folded  that  only 
the  name  appeared,  and  they  unanimously  agreed  that 
these  signatures  were  all  written  by  the  same  person,  viz  : 
Upon  the  letter,  and  upon  the  settlement  of  the  estates 
of  John  Wood,  Josiah  Rice,  and  Joseph  Buckminster. 

Whitehall,  upon  the  letter,  was  the  early  name  of  the 
place  where  the  village  of  Woodville  now  stands,  and  is 
at  the  outlet  of  Whitehall  pond,  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water 
of  620  acres  and  is  the  source  of  Sudbury  river.  The 
names  of  many  of  the  descendants  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Buckminster)    Wood    and    the    ancestors    of    Elizabeth 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  23 

Buckminster    are    found    recorded    in    Part    II.    of    this 
volume. 

At  the  decease  of  Jeremiah  Wood,  his  wife,  Dorathy 
Wood,  was  appointed  Administratrix. 

Lieutenant  Jonathan  Hartwell,  Mr.  Jonathan  Whitcomb, 
both  of  Littleton,  and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Prescott  of  Westford, 
were  appointed  to  appraise  the  property. 

The  eldest  son,  Joseph,  refused  to  accept  the  land  set  to 
him,  alleging  "that  it  is  too  highly  appraised,"  and  no 
other  incHning  to  take  it,  the  Judge  directs  the  appraisers 
to  set  off  to  each  an  equal  part,  or  else  to  settle  it  among 
the  children  in  such  proportion  as  shall  be  agreed  on  by 
the  parties  concerned.     This  was  Feb.  24,  1734. 

Joseph  offers  to  let  one  of  his  brothers  take  his  house  at 
"  as  much  as  any  man  of  judgment  shall  think  it  worth." 
He  also  desires  the  same  appraisers  to  be  further  directed 
to  "lay  off  my  one  part  by  itself."  The  eldest  son,  in 
those  times,  received  two  parts. 

The  Commissioners  appointed  to  distribute  the  estate 
were  Eleazer  Lawrence,  Lieut.  Samuel  Hunt,  Abraham 
Patch  and  Jonathan  Whetcombe,  all  of  Littleton,  and 
Ebenezer  Prescott  of  Westford. 

The  Personal  Property  was  appraised  at  184  £,  i6s. 
The   following   is   from  the  real  estate  minutes  of  the 
settlement  of  the  I^eal  Estate  as  per  Probate  records  at 
Cambridge,  Mass.  : 

"  Set  to  John  in  Land 
Set  to  Jeremiah  in  Land 
Advanced  to  Elizabeth 
Joseph  (Eldest  son)  in  Land 


Deduct  charges 
Which  gives  for  a  single  share 


366  £ 

15  s. 

— 

-  0 

218  £ 

9  s. 

— 

-  0 

63  £ 

4  s. 

— 

-6d. 

121  £ 

6  s. 

— 

-  0 

669  £ 

14  s. 

6d. 

37^ 

5  s- 

I  d. 

632  £ 

9  s. 

5d. 

63^4 

S.  II 

^ 

d. 

24  JEREMIAH    WOOD 


John  to  pay  charges  viz. 

Then  to  pay 

Joseph 

Bennet 

Jonathan 

Eliphalet 

His  own  share 


Jeremiah  to  pay 

EHphalet 

Elizabeth 

Sarah 

Lucy 

His  own  share 


To  the  Widow 

26  £.  I 

3  s.  6  d. 

To  Joseph 

6£ 

3  s.  7 

d. 

To  Commissioners        4 

£ 

8  s. 

S£. 

3  s. 

^0,% 

d. 

63  £. 

4  s. 

iIt'q 

d. 

63  £. 

4  s. 

iifo 

d. 

34^- 

I  I  s. 

2-C'n 

d. 

63  £ 

4  s. 

II A 

d. 

266  £ 

15  s. 

38  £ 

13  s. 

8A 

d. 

o£. 

0  s. 

5  A 

d. 

63  £ 

4  s. 

iit'ct 

d. 

63  £ 

4  s. 

ii-i='<y 

d. 

63  £ 

4  s. 

iitt7 

d. 

iiS  £95.         o  d. 


jSIejnoi-anditm :  Joseph  to  be  accountable  to  the  heirs  for  the 
Narraganset  Right  whicli  he  sold  and  to  be  answerable  to  the 
Widow  and  heirs  for  the  horse  and  clothing  delivered  to  him 
valued  at  13  £  15s. 

I  will  not  record  the  distribution  of  Personal  Property.  The 
widow's  thirds  are  not  included  in  the  above.  The  valuation  of 
the  estate  at  the  time  of  final  settlement  was  more  than  a 
thousand  pounds. 

The  aforesaid  portions  to  be  paid  by  John  and  Jeremiah  as 
they  come  of  age  &  they  are  to  pay  interest  in  the  meantime  at 
the  rate  of  4  per  cent  to  begin  the  14th  of  July  1735." 

The  above  account  of  settlement  is  the  best  evidence  of 
relationship  and  may  make  us  better  acquainted  with  the 
family. 

Dorathy,  the  wife  of  Jeremiah  Wood,  lived  twenty-two 
years  and  two  days  after  his  decease.  She  was  left  with 
a  large  family ;  the  youngest,  Eliphalet,  was  four  days 
less  than  a  year  old ;  the  oldest  child  living,  Elizabeth,  in 
her  nineteenth  year,  and  the  oldest  son,  Joseph,  a  little 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  2^ 

past  seventeen.  Dorathy  was  away  from  her  early 
associations  and  home.  Her  oldest  child,  Sarah,  had 
died  less  than  seven  years  before,  and  her  son,  Jeremiah, 
to  whom  was  assigned  a  portion  of  the  real  estate,  died 
less  than  seven  years  after,  not  then  fifteen  years  of  age. 

She  did  not  despair ;  she  did  not  go  back  to  her  early 
home  by  the  river  and  the  sea,  but  she  cared  for  her 
children,  and  kept  and  improved  the  estate  until  its 
distribution. 

We  find  the  following  allowances  were  made  her  : 

"One   acre  of  Land  plowed  up;    Forty-six  rods   of 

Log  and  Brush  fence,  ^                          5  -^* 

Seventy  rods  of  Rail  fence  4  £• 

Twenty  rods  of  Stone  fence  3  £  ids." 

In  the  inventory  of  her  estate  I  notice  sixteen  barrels  of 
cider.     A  gold  necklace,  appraised  at  fourteen  pounds. 

She  was  a  good  manager,  and  with  much  liberality 
towards  her  children  and  the  poor ;  her  estate,  at  her 
death,  was  appraised  at  £575,  and  fifty  pounds  more  were 
given  for  it  by  Benet  and  John  Wood  than  appraised, 
making  £625  that  was  received  from  her  thirds  at  her 
death,  an  increase  upon  what  was  left  her  by  her  husband 
twenty-two  years  before.  She  was  no  ordinary  woman. 
Her  influence  was  undoubtedly  felt  by  her  children.  In 
uprightness  of  character,  stability  of  purpose,  sound  judg- 
ment, and  high  regard  for  family  and  personal  honor,  the 
family  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy  Wood  was  no  ordinary 
family. 

Jeremiah  Wood  died  July  15,  1730;  Dorathy  Wood, 
his  wife,  died  July  17,  1752.  Their  graves  are  side  by 
side  in  Littleton,  and  near  them  are  grouped  the  graves 
of  some  of  their  children,  grandchildren,  great-grand- 
children and  great-great-grandchildren. 

Gravestones  mark  the  resting-place  of  most  of  them. 
In  the  new  Cemetery  near  by,  are  the  graves  of  many 
3 


N 


26  JEREMIAH    WOOD 

more  descendants,  and  upon  gravestone  and  monument, 
separated  by  "  mount  and  stream  and  sea,"  we  read  the 
names  of  their  descendants  and  learn  the  fate  of  us  all. 


CHILDREN  AND  DESCENDANTS 

OF 

JEREMIAH  AND  DORATHY  WOOD. 

The  record  of  their  first  born  is  upon  the  gravestone  in 
Littleton,  "Here  lyes  ye  body  of  Sarah  Wood  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  &  Dorathy  Wood.  Died  Decem"""  8"'  1723 
aged  13  years  7  mo.  &  8  ds."  She  was  born  in  Stow, 
Mass.,  April  18,  1710. 

Elizabeth  Wood,  second  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy, 
m.  Benjamin  Robins;  was  of  Groton,  Mass.,  Dec.  i, 
1738,  and  Dec.  20,  1748;  was  of  Dunstable  later.  She 
was  born  in  Stow,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  1711. 


DESCENDANTS  OF 
JOSEPH    AND   GRACE    WOOD. 

Joseph  Wood,  third  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy,  b.  in 
Stow,  Mass.,  May  22,  1713  ;  m.  Grace  Whettemore  of 
Concord,  Mass.,  dau.  of  Benj.  and  Esther  (Brooks) 
Whettemore  and  sister  of  Rev.  Aaron  Whettemore,  who 
was  ordained  1737,  and  was  for  many  years  minister  at 
Suncook  (now  Pembroke),  N.  H.  Joseph  first  settled  in 
Littleton,  Mass.,  where  their  first  child,  Benjamin,  was 
born  Sept.  17,  1734. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  2*] 

In  May,  1738,  by  the  church  records  in  Littleton, 
Joseph  and  wife  were  dismissed  to  the  church  in  Suncook. 
Aaron  was  born  in  1739.  Grace  was  born  in  Con- 
cord, Mass.,  Dec.  i,  1741,  as  per  Concord,  Mass., 
records. 

Joseph  conveyed  to  Bennet  Wood  his  right  to  the  estate 
of  his  deceased  brother,  Jeremiah  Wood,  by  deed  dated 
May  9,  1738,  as  per  records  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and 
upon  the  same  day  Bennet  Wood  conveyed  his  right  by 
deed  in  a  lot  of  land  in  Narraganset  Town. 

Nov.  15,  1739,  Joseph  Wood  acknowledged  the  receipt 
of  amount  Judge  of  Probate  ordered  John  Wood  to  pay 
him,  received  from  his  honored  mother,  Dorathy  Wood, 
Guardian  of  John. 

Joseph  died 

His  widow  married  Ephraim  Stow  of  Concord,  Jan.  14, 
1745.  A  deed  was  given  to  Grace  Wood  of  60  acres  of 
land,  Nov.  19,  1745,  for  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds, 
by  Ephraim  Stow,  witnessed  by  Nathaniel  Whettemore, 
Esther  Whettemore,  and  E.  Whettemore. 

Benjamin  Wood  received  a  deed  of  about  23  acres  of 
land  in  the  northerly  part  of  Concord,  July  22,  1753,  of  his 
step-father,  Ephraim  Stow,  and  Grace  Stow,  his  mother. 
Grace  Stow,  late  of  CarHsle,  deceased.  Appraisers  were 
appointed  and  estate  distributed  July  14,  1757,  perhaps 
two  years  after  her  decease.  No  children  by  second 
marriage.  Ephraim  Stow  and  ten  others  petitioned  to  be 
set  back  to  Concord.  It  was  done  Jan.  nth,  1757,  but 
was  afterwards.  May  8,  1780,  set  oft;  but  perhaps  not  as 
before. 

Aaron  settled  in  Pepperell,  probably  upon  land  bought 
of  Jonas  Wheeler  of  Concord,  one  hundred  acres,  as  per 
deed  on  record,  1762.  This  was  Aaron  Wood  of  Bed- 
ford, blacksmith.  It  was  signed  in  presence  of  Benjamin 
Wheeler  and  John  Wheat,  Sept.  14,  1764. 


28  JEREMIAH    WOOD 

Aaron  married  Rebekah  Wheeler ;  they  had  children 
as  follows  : 

Rebecca,  b.  June  13,  1764;   m.  (Parker). 

Lucy,  b.  Mar.  32,  1766;  m.  (Shattuck). 

Halah,  b.  Apr.  12,  1768. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  23,  1770;  m.  (Blood). 

Grace,  b.  Mar.  24,  1772;  m.  (Spaulding). 

Hepzibah,  b.  Apr.  24,  1774. 

Aarox,  b.  May  30,  1776. 

Susanna,  b.  Apr.  29,  177^- 

Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  22,  1780. 

Joseph,  b.  Sept.  19,  1782. 

Hannah,  b.  Sept.  23,  1784. 

Sarah,  b.  Aug.  14,  1786. 

Grace  Wood,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Grace,  m.  William 
Wheeler,  Jan.  18,  1763. 

Children  of  Wm.  and  Grace  Wheeler,  as  per  Concord, 
Mass.,  Town  Records: 

Grace,  b.  Mar.  13,  1765. 
William,  b.  Aug.  24,  1767. 
Abigail,  b.  Feb.  22,  1770. 
Timothy,  b.  Sept.  21,  1772. 
Susanna,  b.  May  i,  1775. 
Joseph,  b.  June  20,  1778. 

Aaron  Wood,  son  of  Aaron,  was  born  at  Pepperell, 
Mass.,  May  30,  1776;  m.  Eady  Curtis,  b.  Jan.  10,  1778. 
She  died  at  Mason,  N.  H.,  Aug.  13,  181 1.  By  this  wife 
he  had  six  children  : 

Becky,  b.  Oct.  11,  iSoo;  d.  Aug.  31,  1802. 
Mary,  b.  Nov.  22,  1802  ;    d.  Apr.  29,  1851. 
Aaron  Curtis,  b.  Feb.  4,  1S05  ;  d.  Mar.  25,  1819. 
SuKY,  b.  Jan.  2,  1807  ;  d.  Aug.  8,  1814. 
Benjamin  F.,  b.  Mar.   16,  1809;    d.  Feb.   25,   1832;    un- 
married. 
Eady,  b.  June  23,  181 1  ;  d.  May  19,  1828  ;  unmarried. 


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AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  29 

Aaron  Wood  married  2nd  wife,  Rebeckah  Wright  of 
Westford,  Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1812.  He  died  at  Rensselaer- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  June  4,  1848.     They  bad  eight  children  : 

William  Anson,  b.  Aug.  3,    1813  ;    d.  Nov.    18,   1884. 

Walter  Abbott,  b.  Oct.  33,  1815. 

Eliphalet,  b.  Feb.  i,  1819. 

Rebeckah  Ann,  b.  May  16,  1821  ;  d.  Feb.  5,  1851  ; 
unmarried. 

Sarah  Jane,  b.  March  18,  1 8 23. 

Harriet  Newell,  b.  July  30,   1825  ;  d.  Aug.  9,  1825. 

Susan,  b.  Sept.  iS,  1826;  d.  Aug.  7,  1828. 

Luther  Wright,  b.  Feb.    17,    1830;    d.   Feb.   3,  1835. 


WILLIAM  ANSON  WOOD. 

William  Anson  Wood,  son  of  Aaron  Wood  and 
Rebeckah  (Wright)  Wood,  was  born  at  Mason,  N.  H., 
August  3rd,  18 13. 

His  father,  in  his  day,  was  a  well-known  and  enter- 
prising citizen,  at  the  place  of  his  birth,  in  Pepperell, 
Mass.,  and  after  his  marriage  and  removal  to  Mason, 
N.  H.,  where  he  resided  for  many  years,  engaged  in  his 
trade  with  marked  success. 

By  reason  of  endorsements,  he  lost  heavily,  which 
induced  him  to  leave  Mason,  locating  for  a  short  time  at 
Washington,  Berkshire,  Co.,  Mass.,  thence  he  removed 
to  New  York  State,  and  was  among  the  first  to  manufac- 
ture the  celebrated  Jethro  Wood  Cast  Iron  Plow.  Mr. 
Wood  finally  settled  at  Rensselaerville,  Albany  Co., 
where  he  found  an  intelligent,  thrifty  New  England  com- 
munity, and  fine  schools  for  the  education  of  his  children. 
William  Anson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  entered  his 
father's    shop   at    an    early    age,    soon    developing    rare 


30  WILLIAM    ANSON    WOOD 

mechanical  and  inventive  genius.  When  of  age,  he 
struck  out  for  himself,  locating  at  Hoosick  Falls,  N. 
Y.,  where  for  a  long  time  he  occupied  a  leading  posi- 
tion as  master  mechanic  in  the  well-known  factory  of 
Parsons  &  Wilder. 

About  the  year  1850,  he,  with  many  others,  caught  the 
California  fever,  and  decided  to  break  the  relations  that 
had  so  long  and  pleasantly  existed  between  Messrs. 
Parsons  &  Wilder  and  himself,  and  try  his  fortune  in  the 
"  New  Eldorado."  Falling  very  ill  on  the  steamer,  he 
was  compelled  to  land  at  New  Orleans,  where  he  stopped 
long  enough  to  recover  health,  deciding  meanwhile  to 
abandon  the  trip  and  return  North,  which  he  did  via  the 
Mississippi  river,  thence  to  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  found 
here  an  old  Rensselaerville  friend.  Col.  Ethan  Rogers, 
superintending  the  Cuyahoga  Iron  Works,  and  was  by 
him  induced  to  take  a  responsible  place  in  the  works. 

Mr.  Wood,  in  this  position,  made  a  reputation  for 
genius  of  a  high  order,  and  attained  great  popularity  as  a 
citizen  ;  was  elected  a  member  of  the  City  Council,  which 
trust  he  discharged  with  honor  and  fidelity,  retiring  with 
clean  hands. 

About  the  year  1856,  the  business  of  his  brother,  Walter 
Abbott  Wood,  had  assumed  such  magnitude,  that  it  became 
necessary  to  employ  a  competent  superintendent.  This 
qualification  he  knew  his  brother,  Wm.  Anson,  possessed, 
and  with  the  hope  of  improving  his  financial  condition,  he 
entered  into  an  arrangement  with  Anson  to  take  charge 
of  the  Reaper  and  Mower  Factory  at  Hoosick  Falls,  with 
the  additional  duty  of  originating  and  adopting  improve- 
ments in  the  Bureau  of  Invention.  This  responsible  office 
he  filled  most  creditably  for  fifteen  years,  at  the  expiration 
of  which  time  he  withdrew,  having  a  reasonable  compe- 
tency. After  a  few  years  of  retired  life  he  was  induced  to 
engage  in  business  with  the  late  James  S.  Thayer,  of  New 
York,    allowing    the  use  of  his   name  as   the   "William 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  31 

Anson  Wood  Reaper  and  Mower  Co.,"  Mr.  Wood  and  his 
son  Frank  taking  charge  of  the  Patent  and  Mechanical 
Department,  Thayer  and  Quackenbush  the  financial. 
This  connection  proved  most  disastrous,  Mr.  Wood  ad- 
vancing money  and  services  without  recovery  ;  endorsing 
their  paper  without  reserve,  which  soon  worked  his 
financial  ruin,  though  he  came  out  of  the  trial  with  a 
reputation  for  probity  and  integrity  unsullied. 

The  Company  was  re-organized,  and  for  two  years 
continued  their  business  at  Albany,  when  it  was  sold  out 
to  capitalists  of  Youngstown,  Ohio,  in  1880,  and  estab- 
lished on  a  sound  financial  basis,  Mr.  Wood  and  his  son, 
Frank  Wood,  filling  the  positions  relatively,  as  at  Albany, 
though  at  this  date  (1884)  his  failing  health  prevents 
him  from  giving  much  time  or  attention  to  the  business ; 
but  the  use  of  his  name  is  of  incalculable  value  to  the 
concern,  as  Mr.  Wood  is  well  known  among  the  cele- 
brated inventors  of  the  country,  and  is  justly  entitled  to 
be  ranked  with  those  who  have  amassed  fortunes. 

Mr.  Wood  is  in  every  sense  of  the  word  a  self-made 
man  ;  his  early  education  being  limited,  and  capital  small 
in  dollars  and  cents,  but  with  an  active  brain  and  diligent 
hands,  an  unselfish  heart  and  unswerving  principles,  he 
has  battled  the  ills  of  life  manfully  for  over  seventy  years, 
and  none  will  deny  him  an  honorable  name.  His  motto 
was,  "  Whatever  is  done,  let  it  be  well  done." 

He  never  felt  ashamed  to  be  called  a  mechanic. 
Although  frequently  invited  to  take  office  from  his  fellow- 
citizens,  with  the  exception  of  his  service  in  the  Council 
of  Cleveland,  he  consented  but  once  to  be  nominated  for 
the  assembly  in  Rensselaer  Co.  by  the  Democratic  party 
in  a  strong  Republican  district,  and  narrowly  escaped  an 
election. 

He  was  again,  in  1878,  unanimously  nominated  for 
Congress  in  the  17th  district,  but  his  brother,  Walter  A. 
Wood,  being  a  candidate  on  the  Republican  ticket,  he 
declined  the  honor. 


32  WALTER    ABBOTT    WOOD 

Since  the  foregoing  was  written,  William  Anson  Wood 
has  passed  this  life's  limits.  He  died  November  i8, 
1884.  His  genial  nature  and  obliging  manners  endeared 
him  to  many,  many  friends. 


DESCENDANTS   OF   WILLIAM   ANSON   WOOD. 

William  Anson  Wood,  son  of  Aaron,  was  married  at 
Rensselaerville,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  25,  1835,  to  Jane  Dodge, 
dau.  of  Judge  Luther  Carter  of  Green  Co.,  N.  Y.  They 
had  three  children.     One  died  in  infancy  : 

MarV  Janette,  b.  Sept.  26,  1S40. 
Frank,  b.  May  31,  1842. 

Mary  Janette  m.  Charles  H.  King,  merchant  of  Wil- 
mington, N.  C,  Sept.  29,  1869.     They  have  one  child  : 

Anson  Wood  King,  b.  Apr.  25,  1873. 

Frank  Wood,  son  of  Wm.  Anson,  m.  Alice  Crawford 
Thayer,  dau.  of  Hon.  Adin  Thayer,  Hoosick  Falls,  N.  Y. 
They  have  : 

Alice  Thayer,  b.  Feb.  4,  1871. 
William  Adin,  b.  June  26,  1872. 
Frank  Thayer,  b.  Nov.  29,  1875. 
Eliphalet  Crawford,  b,  Feb.  25,  18S0. 

Frank  Wood  is  noticed  in  the  sketch  of  his  father, 
Wm.  Anson  Wood. 


WALTER  ABBOTT  WOOD. 

Walter  Abbott  Wood,  son  of  Aaron  Wood  and 
Rebeckah  (Wright)  Wood,  was  born  at  Mason,  Hills- 
boro'  Co.,  N.  H.,  October  23rd,  1815. 

At  an  early  age  his  inclinations  and  tastes  led  him  to 
engage  in  mechanical  pursuits  ;  remaining  with  his  father 
until  twenty  years  of  age,  he  became  master  of  his  trade. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  33 

In  the  year  1835  he  located  at  Hoosick  Falls,  N.  Y., 
in  the  machine  works  of  Parsons  &  Wilder,  and  soon 
found  himself  in  a  field  of  labor  adapted  to  his  genius  and 
ambition,  and  by  industry  and  close  application  took  a 
high  rank  in  the  estimation  of  the  firm  and  among  his 
fellow-workmen  ;  indeed,  there  was  nothing  in  the  line  of 
his  trade  that  he  was  unwilling  to  undertake  and  master. 

One  of  the  leading  traits  of  his  character  was  developed 
early,  that  was,  never  to  give  up  what  he  undertook  to 
do  that  would  advance  the  science  of  mechanism.  He 
always  commanded  the  best  wages  in  the  factory,  by 
reason  of  which  (and  the  exercise  of  reasonable  econ- 
omy), he  acquired  a  small  capital,  and  soon  established 
himself  in  business  on  his  own  account. 

Farming  implements  became  his  "  hobby,"  to  the  study 
of  which  he  gave  much  time  and  attention,  resulting  in 
the  introduction  of  the  Manny  Harvesting  Machine,  with 
Wood's  Improvements  ;  and  in  the  year  1852  a  hundred 
or  two  were  made  and  sold  by  Mr.  Wood.  He  continued 
to  invent  and  improve  upon  Mowers  and  Reapers,  so  that 
in  the  year  1853  his  sales  amounted  to  five  hundred. 
They  were  so  well  received  by  the  farmers  that  he  resolved 
to  increase  his  works  and  manufacture  on  as  large  a  scale 
as  his  means  would  warrant. 

Notwithstanding  these  increased  facilities,  they  were 
found  insufficient  to  supply  the  demand.  In  the  year 
1859  h^s  production  and  sales  were  6,000  ;  in  1869,  23,000  ; 
in  1879,  25,000;  and  in  1884,  48,300,  and  the  total  num- 
ber made  and  sold  since  he  commenced  the  business,  sum 
up  five  hundred  thirty-three  thousand,  which  exceeds  that 
of  any  other  one  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the  world. 

His  machines  have  found  a  market  in  every  kingdom, 
and  upon  their  working  "  the  sun  never  sets." 

From  the  small  beginning  named,  it  has  now  become 
the  most  extensive  works  known  in  the  trade  in  this  coun- 
try or  in  Europe. 


34  WALTER    ABBOTT    WOOD 

They  occupy  eighty-five  acres  of  land  for  the  work- 
shops, store-houses  and  lumber  yard ;  all  parts  of  the 
works  are  connected  by  railway  tracks  of  their  own,  five 
miles  in  length,  and  employing  two  powerful  locomotives 
belonging  to  the  company  for  transportation  and  shipping 
on  their  own  grounds. 

The  average  production  of  the  factory  exceeds  two 
hundred  and  twenty-five  machines  daily,  and  the  supply 
of  material  and  shipping  of  machines  is  about  twenty  car- 
loads every  twenty-four  hours. 

The  number  of  employes  to  man  the  works,  fifteen 
hundred ;  add  to  this  the  number  of  those  employed  in 
their  various  branch  establishments  for  the  sale  and  distri- 
bution, the  whole  number  employed  will  exceed  two 
thousand.  The  yearly  sales  now  exceed  five  million 
dollars. 

Up  to  and  including  the  year  1865,  Mr.  Wood  con- 
ducted his  business  single  handed ;  from  1866  to  the 
present  time,  it  has  been  organized  under  the  laws  of 
New  York  as  a  stock  company,  known  as  the  "  Walter 
A.  Wood  Mowing  and  Reaping  Machine  Co.,"  with 
a  capital  of  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
Mr.  Wood  acting  as  President  without  intermission. 

The  writer  is  indebted  to  the  "  Encyclopaedia  of  Con- 
temporary Biography  of  New  Yorl^,"'  for  the  following 
extract : 

"Mr.  Wood  early  perceived  the  necessity  for  such 
implements  abroad,  particularly  in  the  great  grain  districts 
of  South-Eastern  Europe,  where  the  conditions  so  nearly 
correspond  with  those  of  the  American  grain-producing 
areas.  In  1858  he  established  an  ofiice  in  London,  and 
securing  a  competent  representative,  sent  thither  an 
invoice  of  fifty  of  his  machines.  They  were  the  first 
implements  of  this  class  sent  to  Europe,  and  were  speedily 
sold.  The  next  year  he  sent  out  two  hundred  and  fifty, 
which  were   disposed  of  with  equal  facility.     Since  that 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  35 

date  the  foreign  sales  have  largely  increased,  the  total 
number  exported  up  to  the  close  of  1872  being  thirty 
thousand, — fully  ninety  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number 
sold  in  that  country  by  American  makers." 

Since  which  date  a  continued  increased  demand  has 
been  made  upon  his  establishment  until  the  aggregate 
exportation,  to  the  present  date,  has  reached  one  hundred 
and  ten  thousand  ! 

In  this  connection  it  is  just  and  very  proper  to  say,  that 
at  all  the  great  World's  Fairs  and  Expositions  in  Europe, 
as  well  as  in  America,  Wood's  machines  have  been  on 
exhibition  and  in  competition  with  English  and  American 
machines,  and  also  in  field  trials,  where  the  most  severe 
scientific  tests  have  been  applied,  and  with  scarcely  an 
exception  Mr.  Wood  has  received  the  highest  awards. 

At  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England,  at  the 
famous  trial  at  Leeds  in  1861. 

At  the  London  Exhibition  they  won  the  grand  medal 
of  merit,  the  highest  award  conferred. 

At  the  Paris  Universal  Exposition,  held  in  1876,  the 
display  of  the  like  implements  far  exceeded  all  former 
exhibits.  The  Walter  A.  Wood  machines  took  the  lead- 
ing rank,  and  were  awarded  the  grand  Gold  Medal  of 
honor,  also  the  Cross  of  Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor. 

And  again  at  the  great  international  field  trial  in  France, 
Mr.  Wood  took  the  first  prize  against  the  world. 

His  next  victory  was  achieved  at  the  Vienna  Interna- 
tional Exhibition  in  1873,  which  surpassed,  if  possible, 
all  former  competition  in  the  number  of  machines  on  trial. 
After  a  sharp  contest,  Mr.  Wood  was  unanimously 
awarded  by  the  jury  the  highest  prize,  the  Grand  Diploma 
of  Honor,  and  knighted  with  the  Cross  of  the  Imperial 
Order  of  Francis  Joseph.  At  this  trial  Mr.  Wood,  for  the 
first  time,  brought  into  the  field  his  justly  celebrated 
Harvester  and  Binder,  which  machine  attracted  universal 


36  WALTER    ABBOTT    WOOD 

attention,  and  was  pronounced  by  all  observers  as  the 
most  complete  consummation  and  perfection  of  labor- 
saving  harvesting  machines. 

Again,  at  the  World's  Paris  Exposition  of  1878,  Mr. 
Wood  reaped  the  highest  prize  and  honor,  the  prize  being 
"  an  object  of  Art,"  and  the  honor  of  being  promoted  to 
"  The  Cross  of  Officer  of  the  Legfion  of  Honor." 

It  is  unnecessary,  in  this  brief  sketch,  to  enumerate  the 
many  conquests  that  Mr.  Wood  has  achieved  over  all 
American  machines  of  the  like  kinds  in  this  country, 
inasmuch  as  his  name  has  become  a  household  word 
throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  His 
exhibits  at  the  Centennial  Show  at  Philadelphia,  in  the 
year  1876,  and  at  State  and  County  Agricultural  Fairs 
innumerable,  have  brought  to  him  over  fifteen  hundred 
invaluable  prizes. 

His  palatial  mansion  at  Hoosick  Falls  is  a  perfect 
museum  of  Rewards  of  Merit,  which  fails  to  move  him  to 
pride  or  vain-glory. 

The  Church  never  lacks  a  warm  and  liberal  friend,  or 
the  State  a  good  citizen  ;  his  hand  is  always  open  to  the 
wants  of  the  poor ;  and  mechanics  and  clerks  in  his 
employment  who  make  an  honest  effort  to  advance  in  the 
world,  always  find  favor  and  encouragement  at  his  hands. 
Being  a  self-made  man,  nothing  delights  him  more  than 
to  see  others  succeed. 

During  the  thirty-six  years  of  his  active  business  life, 
Mr.  Wood  has  never  failed  to  meet  hig  engagements ; 
although  one  disaster  after  another  came  upon  him,  some- 
times in  quick  succession,  which  might  discourage  and 
overwhelm  others,  he  rallied  all  his  energies  and  soon 
overcame  them.  For  tenacity  of  purpose  he  was  most 
remarkable. 

In  the  year  i860,  his  entire  \vorks  were  destroyed  by 
fire,  with  partial  insurance,  and  at  a  time  approaching  a 
harvest,  when,  under  obligations  to  supply  machines  to 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  37 

his  customers,  with  a  will  and  purpose  peculiar  to  him- 
self, he  rallied  his  men  and  took  the  lead  personally  to 
clear  away  the  rubbish,  and  in  the  short  space  of  eighty 
days  the  shops  were  reconstructed  and  in  working  order. 
Again,  in  1870,  the  same  calamity  overtook  the  works, 
and  in  like  manner  they  were  restored  in  sixty  days. 

The  true  secret  of  Mr.  Wood's  success  may  be  attributed 
to  the  fact  that  he  never  would  allow  a  machine  to  be  sold 
to  the  farmers  until  he  had  fully  tested  its  merits  and  was 
personally  certain  that  it  would  do  the  work  claimed 
for  it. 

Mr.  Wood  is  not,  in  the  narrow  sense  of  the  word,  a 
politician,  his  business  interests  engaging  most  of  his 
time.  During  the  Rebellion,  he  made  his  influence  felt 
in  the  right  direction,  and  rendered  valuable  service  in 
helping  the  families  of  those  who  enlisted  in  their  coun- 
try's cause,  and  since  that  time  has  been  a  declared 
Republican. 

During  his  absence  from  the  country,  attending  the 
World's  Fair  at  Paris,  in  1878,  he  was  nominated  for 
Congress  by  his  party  in  the  17th  Congressional  district, 
composed  of  Washington  and  Rensselaer  Counties.  Upon 
his  return  in  October,  previous  to  the  election  in  Novem- 
ber following,  there  was  no  time  left  for  him  to  consider 
the  matter  ;  his  reception  at  his  home  at  Hoosick  Falls  was 
so  cordial  and  overwhelming,  that  he  yielded  to  the  wishes 
of  his  friends  and  accepted  the  honor.  Notwithstanding 
the  district  had,  the  year  previous,  elected  a  democratic 
Senator,  Charles  Hughes,  by  about  five  hundred  majority, 
he  came  out  of  the  canvass  with  seven  thousand  majority. 
He  was  re-nominated  in  1880  and  was  re-elected  by  a 
majority  of  seventeen  thousand. 

During  his  four  years  in  Congress  he  faithfully  repre- 
sented his  constituents  and  his  party,  and  expressed  no 
regrets  when  his  term  expired,  as  his  tastes  and  habits  of 
life  made  it  more  congenial  for  him  to  be  about  his  own 


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38  WALTER    ABBOTT    WOOD 

business  and  in  the  enjoyment  of  his  home  and  family, 
than  in  the  whirlpool  of  politics. 

Incidents  occur  in  the  life  of  most  men  that  demonstrate 
their  peculiar  characteristics,  by  means  of  which  they 
make  lifelong  impressions  and  friendships. 

When  Mr.  Wood  was  a  young  man,  and  in  the  employ 
of  a  prominent  manufacturer,  and  turned  out  a  larger 
number  of  pieces  than  any  other  employe,  it  was  remarked 
to  him,  in  a  playful  manner,  that  he  exceeded  all  others 
in  the  number  of  pieces  daily.  He  quickly  replied, 
"  Does  not  the  scriptures  say,  '  blessed  are  the  peace- 
makers,'" &c.  This  man,  who  lived  to  a  good  old  age, 
never  failed  to  interest  himself  in  Mr.  Wood's  success  in 
all  his  business  enterprises,  and  often  reminded  him  of 
the  "piece-makers."  May  not  our  young  men  seek  for 
an  incentive  to  industry  that  excels  ! 

It  is  difficult  to  estimate  the  immense  value  the  Wood 
inventions  have  been  to  the  world.  It  is  perfectly  safe  to 
say  that  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  is  not  excessive 
in  making  up  the  account,  and  some  parties  claim  that 
the  sum  total  would  more  than  pay  our  present  national 
debt  I  May  we  not  claim  for  Mr.  Wood  that  he  has  been 
a  benefactor  to  his  own  country  and  to  the  agricultural 
world,  and  now  lives  to  see  the  words  of  Revelation  ful- 
filled :  "He  that  is  diligent  in  his  calling  shall  stand 
before  kings." 


DESCENDANTS    OF  WALTER  ABBOTT  WOOD. 


iv^  Walter  Abbott  Wood,  son  of  Aaron,  married  Betsey 

^       \j  A.  Parsons,  dau.  of  the  Hon.  Seth  Parsons  of  Hoosick 

Falls,  N.  Y.,  1842.     They  had  two  children  : 


James  T.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1843,  at  Hoosick  Falls,  N.  Y.  ;  d. 

Aug.  31,  1S4S. 
Lyn  p.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1S50,  at  Bratdeboro',  Vt. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  39 

Mrs.  Betsey  A.  Wood,  b.  at  Hoosick  Falls,  June  19, 
1821  ;  d.  May  24,  1867. 

Walter  A.  Wood  was  married  to  his  second  wife,  Lizzie 
Warren  Nichols,  dau.  of  the  Rev.  George  Nichols  of 
Hoosick  Falls,  Sept.  2,  1868.     They  have  two  children: 

Walter  A.,  b.  June  3,  1S71. 
Julia  N.,  b.  June  9,  1S74. 

Lyn  P.  Wood,  son  of  Walter  A.,  was  married  to  Mary 
E.Jack,  Aug.  21,  1873.     Their  child: 

Bessie  Lyn,  b.  Dec.  20,  1S76. 

Lyn  P.  Wood  d.  Apr.  22,  1877.  The  widow  and  child 
reside  with  a  sister,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Valentine,  Chicago,  111. 


ELIPHALET  WOOD. 

Eliphalet  Wood,  son  of  Aaron  Wood  and  Rebeckah 
(Wright)  Wood,  was  born  February  ist,  1819,  at  Wash- 
ington, Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.  Unlike  his  brothers, 
William  Anson  and  Walter  Abbott,  he  did  not  take  to  the 
workshop,  but  at  an  early  age  decided  to  be  a  merchant, 
and,  suiting  the  action  to  the  word,  found  a  situation 
behind  the  counter  of  a  dry  goods  house  in  the  city  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  the  year  1835. 

His  diligent  attention  to  business  in  the  old  established 
and  well  known  wholesale  dry  goods  house  of  Gaylor  & 
Smith' Sheldon,  secured  to  himself  a  position  as  junior 
partner  in  the  year  1840,  under  the  title  of  Ga3^1or, 
Sheldon  &  Co.,  subsequently  it  was  changed  to  that  of 
Sheldons  &  Wood,  where  he  continued  in  active  business 
relations  until  March,  1854,  when  he  parted  with  his 
interest  to  Sheldons  &  Co.,  and  in  May  removed  with  his 
family  to  the  growing  city  of  Chicago,  entering  the  lum- 
ber business  under  the  name  and  title  of  the  "  Newaygo 
Co." 


40  ELIPHALET    WOOD 

The  mills  and  landed  estate  of  the  Company  were 
located  in  Michigan,  at  Newaygo,  on  the  Muskegon 
river ;  the  company  erected  the  first  gang-saw-mill  west 
of  Saginaw,  running  one  hundred  and  fifty  saws,  with  a 
capacity  to  manufacture  one  hundred  thousand  feet  of 
pine  lumber  daily. 

Eliphalet  Wood  was  the  sole  resident  partner  at 
Chicago,  where  their  sales  of  their  own  make  of  lumber, 
for  eighteen  years,  averaged  over  ten  million  feet  yearly. 

The  introduction  of  gang-sawed  lumber  into  that  mar- 
ket gained  rapid  favor,  so  that  very  soon  thereafter  all  the 
enterprising  manufacturers  adopted  the  use  of  gang-saws. 
The  advantage  gained  in  their  use  over  all  other  saws 
then  in  vogue,  was  in  the  economy  of  timber  and  the  pro- 
ducing of  lumber  free  from  "  stub-shots,"  smooth,  and  of 
uniform  widths  and  thickness. 

Eliphalet  Wood  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  first  Lumberman's  Board  of  Trade  in  that  city, 
and  in  the  introduction  of  uniform  rules  of  inspection,  and 
acted  as  Secretary  to  the  Board.  He  was  also  well  known 
in  the  political  circles  of  the  city,  always  holding  to  con- 
servative opinions,  acting  with  the  Bell  and  Everett  party, 
and  was  nominated  for  the  office  of  Mayor  of  Chicago  by 
that  party  in  the  spring  of  i860,  but  declined  the  honor 
on  account  of  large  business  responsibilities. 

When  the  civil  war  came  upon  the  country  in  April, 
1861,  Eliphalet  Wood  was  among  the  first  of  the  loyal 
and  patriotic  citizens  to  "  rally  around  the  old  flag"  for 
the  protection  of  the  union  of  States,  "one  and  insepara- 
ble," and  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  "  Union  Defence 
Committee  "  at  the  first  mass  meeting  called  for  the  pur- 
pose of  raising  funds  for  the  arming  and  equipping 
soldiers  for  the  war,  and  by  that  committee  selected  to 
serve  on  the  Finance  and  Military  Organization  Depart- 
ment. This  organization  was  rendered  indispensable  in 
the  absence  of  regular  army  officers,  and  did  most  invalu- 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  4I 

able  service  in  raising  money  and  men  at  a  critical  time 
in  the  history  of  the  country,  acting  as  they  did,  under 
orders  from  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Ilhnois,  and 
from  General  Fremont,  who  was  in  command  of  that 
division  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  located  at  St.  Louis. 

The  "Union  Defence  Committee"  were  remarkably 
efficient  in  the  work  of  inducing  volunteers  into  the  army 
and  succeeded  in  dispatching  a  regiment  to  Cairo,  under 
the  command  of  Col.  R.  K.  Swift,  in  time  to  keep  that 
strategetic  point  out  of  the  hands  of  the  confederates. 
They  also  sent  into  the  State  of  Missouri  several  regi- 
ments and  batteries  at  a  critical  time,  where  they  rendered 
invaluable  service  in  retaining  that  State  in  the  Union. 

The  "Union  Defence  Committee"  was  composed  of 
twelve  distinguished  citizens  of  each  of  the  two  leading 
parties,  and  one  Bell  and  Everett  partisan  ;  they  devoted 
their  time  for  nearly  two  years  without  pay  or  emolument. 
At  the  tinal  closing  of  their  business  connection  with  the 
Government,  Eliphalet  Wood,  in  conjunction  with  Col. 
James  H.  Bowen  and  Charles  G.  Wicker,  was  commis- 
sioned by  the  committee  to  visit  Washington  and  conclude 
a  tinal  settlement  with  the  Government,  covering  all  their 
transactions.  Such  settlement  was  honorably  concluded 
after  seven  weeks  of  indefatigable  labor,  EHphalet  Wood, 
only,  remaining  to  the  last,  receipting  for  the  money  paid 
by  the  Government,  amounting  to  several  hundred  thous- 
and dollars,  and  then  safely  returned  the  same  to  the 
officers  of  the  "Union  Defence  Committee"  (who  dis- 
bursed it  quickly  to  the  almost  numberless  creditors  of  the 
Government),  for  which  service  he  received  the  unani- 
mous vote  of  thanks  of  the  Committee. 

Mr.  Wood  was  active  and  liberal  in  all  church 
relations,  holding  the  office  of  trustee  and  treasurer  of 
the  Presbyterian  Northwest  Theological  Seminary  of 
Chicago  at  a  time  in  its  history  when  greatly  embarrassed  ; 
he  also  served  on  the  Building  Committee,  retaining  his 
4 


42  ELIPHALET    WOOD 

position  until  he  left  that  city,  in  1869,  to  reside  at 
Irvington-on-the-Hudson,  where  he  still  lives  compara- 
tively retired  from  the  active  business  of  a  busy  life,  which 
has  by  no  means  been  free  from  anxiety,  perplexity  and 
toil.  During  his  residence  at  Irvington,  he  has  taken  a 
deep  interest  in  the  schools  in  the  township,  and  served 
nine  years  with  zeal  on  the  Board  of  Education,  during 
most  of  the  time  as  President  of  the  Board. 

At  the  present  time  he  holds  the  office  of  Manager  of 
the  Walter  A.  Wood  Mowing  and  Reaping  Machine  Co., 
in  New  York  City,  in  which  company  he  is  a  stockholder, 
and  for  many  years  has  felt  a  lively  interest. 

Success  he  considers  man's  general  highest  ambition  ; 
"  but  that  a  good  name  with  success  is  far  better,  and  none 
can  attain  unto  it  without  a  struggle." 


DESCENDANTS  OF  ELIPHALET  WOOD. 

Eliphalet  Wood,    above    named,   married    in    Albany, 
N.  Y.,   Aug.  31,  1841,  Mary  J.   Grant,   dau.  of  Sweton 
Grant  of  Hobart,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y.     They  had  eight 
children  ;  seven  died  in  infancy  and  childhood,  as  follows  ; 
Eliphalet  Grant,  William  Sprague, 

Eliphalet  Grant,  Charles  Frederick, 

Mary  Alice,  Walter  Anson. 

Walter  Boynton, 

Caroline  Whitely  Wood,  the  only  surviving  child,  was 
married  to  Joseph  Ormsby  Rutter  of  Chicago,  111.,  by 
Wm.  B.  Sprague,  D.D.,  at  Irvington-on-the-Hudson, 
Mar.  10,  1874.     Their  children  : 

Mary,  b.  June  22,  1875  ;  d.  Sept.  11,  1875. 

Esther,  b.  Jan.  i,  1877. 

Caroline,  b.  Feb.  7,  1880. 

Rebeckah,  b.  July  20,  1881. 

Joseph  Wood,  b.  Apr.  6,  1883. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  43 

Mr.  Rutter  is  the  oldest  son  of  Dr.  Rutter,  originally  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  but  for  many  years  a  resident  of 
Chicago,  111.,  holding  a  high  place  in  his  profession, 
and  an  influential  and  well-known  citizen. 

Joseph  O.  Rutter,  for  many  years,  as  at  present,  a 
leading  banker  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  President  of 
the  Traders'  Bank,  is  well  known  in  commercial  circles 
of  the  Northwest  as  a  man  of  influence  and  probity. 


Sarah  Jane  Wood,  dau.  of  Aaron-,  married  E.  D. 
Selden,  a  retired  gentleman.  They  reside  at  Saratoga 
Springs,  N.  Y.  They  have  no  children.  Their  home  is 
supplied  with  all  the  surroundings  and  comforts  of 
modern  times,  where  they  dispense  true  New  England 
hospitality. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  LUCY  WOOD  (6). 

Lucy  Wood,  the  fourth  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy, 
b.  in  Stow,  Mass.,  Mar.  4,  1715  ;  m.  George  Chase  of 
Littleton.     They  had  : 

Francis,  b.  Oct.  14,  1734. 

Lucy,  b.  July  25,  1739. 

Abigail,  b.  Sept.  9,  1741. 

Joshua,  b.  Aug.  31,  1743. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  30,  1745. 

Charles,  b.  Aug.  8,  1747. 

Sarah,  b.  July  14,  1749. 

Hannah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1751. 

Abel,  b.  June  3,  1754. 

Abraham,  b.  June  24,  175 — ,  the  last  figure  illegible. 

— [Littleton  Town  Records,] 

Afterwards  the  family  probably  settled  in  Shirley,  Mass. 


44  BENNET    WOOD 

BENNET  WOOD  (7)  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

Bennet  Wood,  the  fifth  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy, 
was  born  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Mar.  15,  1717  ;  he  was 
married  to  Lydia  Law  of  Acton,  Mass.,  in  Jan.,  1739, 
by  Rev.  John  Swift,  the  first  minister  of  Acton.  Bennet 
was  a  housewright.  After  the  death  of  his  younger 
brother,  Jeremiah,  he  bought  most  of  the  shares  falling  to 
his  brothers  and  sisters.  Their  deeds  to  Bennet  are 
recorded  at  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Children  of  Bennet  and  Lydia  (Law)  Wood: 

Dorathy,  b.  Jan.  10,  1740;  d.  Mar.  8,  1740. 

Dorathy,   b.   Mar.    7,    1741  ;    m.    Deliverance    Davis    of 

Littleton. 
Jeremiah,  b.  June  10,  1744;  d.  Feb.  25,  1767. 
Tho:mas,  b.  Oct.  23,  1746;  d.  Mar.  2,  1794. 
Susanna,  b.   Apr.   14,  1750;    m.  Samuel  Foster  of  Ash- 

burnham,  Mass. 

Lydia,  wife  of  Bennet,  and  mother  of  his  children,  died 
Feb.  27,  1765,  aged  54  yrs.,  i  mo.,  13  da.,  and  is  buried 
among  the  Wood  families  in  Littleton. 

Bennet  m.  second  wife,  Mrs.  Isabel  Taylor,  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  first  Dea.  John  Wood  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  of 
Littleton.  Her  first  husband  was  Oliver  Taylor,  who 
died  June  2,  1759,  in  his  45th  year. 

I  find  nothing  to  show  that  the  first  Dea.  John  Wood, 
who  married  Sarah,  was  any  connection  of  our  branch. 
He  was  neither  father,  brother  nor  son  of  Jeremiah.  He 
was  one  of  the  Selectmen  with  Jeremiah,  as  shown  by 
their  orders  upon  the  Treasurer. 

Bennet  was  a  prominent  and  enterprising  citizen,  as  his 
numerous  deeds  and  business  transactions  show.  He  was 
interested  in  the  church  and  formation  of  the  new  town  of 
Boxboro',  and  did  much  to  make  success  certain. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  45 

From  the  gravestones  of  Bennet  Wood  and  his  second 
wife,  in  the  cemetery  at  Boxboro',  I  extract  the  following  : 

'•  In  memory  of 

Mr.   Bennet    Wood, 

who  departed  this  life 

Apr.  28,  1797. 

in  the  81^'  year  of  his  age." 

"  In  memory  of 

Mrs.  Isabel  Wood 

Relict  of  Mr.  Bennet  Wood 

who  departed  this  life 

Dec.  14,  1797 

in  the  84"^  year  of  her  age." 

Near  them  is  buried  Lois  Wood,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  and 
Elizabeth  Wood,  and  granddaughter  of  Bennet  Wood, 
who  died  Feb.  i,  1782,  at  the  age  of  15  years,  2  months 
and  22  days. 

Ebenezer  Bennet  Davis,  son  of  Deliverance  and  Dorathy 
(Wood)  Davis,  and  grandson  of  Bennet  Wood,  b.  Feb. 
4,  1761.  Oliver  Taylor  Davis,  son  of  Deliverance  and 
Dorathy  (Wood)  Davis,  b.  Nov.  22,  1762  ;  m.  Mary 
Sawyer  of  Harvard,  Mass.  He  settled  upon  the  home- 
stead of  Bennet  Wood,  which  was  a  part  of  the  purchase 
of  Bennet's  father,  Jeremiah  Wood.  Oliver  Taylor  Davis 
d.  1841  ;  had  Eli,  Sally,  Sophronia,  Clarissa,  Dorathy, 
Lydia,  Oliver  and  Mary,  all  now  deceased.  Of  these 
children  : 

1.  Eli,  m.  Aseneth  Jewett ;    had  Wm.  Jerome,  Oliver  T. 

d.,  Eli  Francis,  Angeline  d.,  Julia  A.  who  m.  a  Davis, 
Ellen  d.  and  others  that  died  young. 

2.  Sally,  and  3,  Sophronia,  d.  unmarried. 

4.  Clarissa,   m.  Wm.   Clark;    had  Wm.  Mayhews,   d., 

John  Saltenstall,  res.  Peoria,  111.,  Sarah  (Clark)  Dodge 
d. 

5.  Dorathy,   m.  Wm.  A.  Kelley  ;    had  Mary  Jane,  who 

m.  John  Reed,  who  had  Mary  J.  Reed,  who  married 
Dea.  Boynton  of  Lowell,  Mass. 


^6  BENNET    WOOD 

6.  Lydia,  m.  John  Brooks  of  Chester,  Vt.  ;  had  John  D., 

became  a  physician,  d.,  Mary  H.  d.,  Martha  d. 

7.  Oliver,  m. ;    had  Marshall,   res.  Lexington, 

Mass.  ;  Jane  Elizabeth,  m. Robertson,  res.  Hud- 
son, Mass. 

8.  Mary,  b.  in  Boxboro',  Mass.,  Sept.  4,  1797  ;  d.  Sept., 

1872  ;  m.  George  Sawyer,  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  May 
15,  1793  ;  d.  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  July  17,  1855  ;  had 
George  A.  Sawyer  (Proprietor  of  Sawyer's  Com- 
mercial College,  161  Tremont  St.,  Boston,  Mass.)  ; 
Edwin  d.  an  infant;  Henry  Edwin  d.  1847  ;  Ellen  d. 
an  infant ;  Chancy  B.  ;  Mary  Jane  d.  1858,  aged  24 
yrs.  ;  Martha  W. 

Thomas  Wood,  son  of  Bennet,  had  by  wife  Mary  : 

Thomas,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1776,  in  Littleton,  Mass. 

Mary,  b.  Dec.  24,  1778,  in  Littleton. 

Lydia    Law,  b.   Sept.    19,    17S0,   in   Littleton;    d.    1801, 

unmarried. 
Jeremiah,  b.  Oct.  6,  17S2,  in  Littleton. 
Lois,  b.  Jan.  2,  1784,  in  Littleton. 
Susanna  M.,  b.  Nov.  ^9,  1785. 
Zachariah,  b.  Oct.  13,  17S7. 
Bennet,  b.  Oct.  30,  17S9;    d.  Apr.  26,  1794. 
Daniel,  b.  Oct.  8,  1791  ;  d.  July  30,  1795. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  7,  1793  ;  d.  July  31,  1795. 
Sallie,  b.  May  20,  1794. 

Thomas  Wood,  father  of  the  above,  died  March  2, 
1794. 

Thomas  Wood,  Jr.,  was  drafted  into  the  army  and  died 
of  yellow  fever  while  on  his  way  from  Maine  to  Boston, 
or  about  the  time  the  vessel  landed.  He  left  two  sons, 
Samuel  and  Jackson.  Samuel  married  and  had  a  family 
of  children.  He  lived  in  Brownsville,  Maine,  owning  a 
large  farm  there.  Jackson  was  unmarried  in  1847  when 
he  was  visiting  in  Massachusetts. 

Jeremiah  Wood,  son  of  Thomas,  Senior,  was  drowned, 
with  many  others,  in  a  severe  storm,  while  on  his  way 


•       AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  47 

from  South  Carolina.     He  was  a  carpenter,  was  married, 
but  my  informant  thinks  he  had  no  children. 

Zechariah  Wood,  son  of  Thomas,  Senior,  was  in  the 
war  of  1812  ;  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians  ;  his  fate 
was  never  known  ;  was  not  married. 

Mary  Wood  married  a  Mansfield  and  lived  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  had  a  large  family  of  children.  One 
daughter  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Start.  They 
removed  to  Brownsville,  Me.,  and  had  a  large  family; 
several  died  young,  and  Mrs.  Start  was  dead  in  1847. 

I  have  no  information  at  hand  of  the  two  remaining 
daughters  whose  names  are  found  in  the  family  record  of 
Thomas  Wood,  son  of  Bennet. 

Susanna  Wood,  dau.  of  Bennet,  m.  Samuel  Foster, 
July  6,  1769;  he  was  b.  Jan.  9,  1743,  and  d.  Apr.  15, 
1793.     Their  children  were  as  follows  : 

Abraham,  b.  Apr.  8,  1770;  d.  Dec.  12,  1837. 
Nathaniel,  b.  Dec.  26,  1771  ;  d.  Sept.  30,  1836. 
Jeremiah  B.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1773  ;  d.  May  3,  1846  ;    unmar- 
ried. 
Samuel,  b.  Feb.  9,  1776;  d.  Apr.  24,  1868. 
Rosea,  b.  Aug.  i,  1778  ;  d.  Feb.  23,  1S55. 
Joel,  b.  Aug.  21,  1780;  d.  Sept.  6,  1859. 
Amos,  b.  Nov.  16,  1782;  d.  Sept.,  1812;  unmarried. 
Obadiah,  b.  Oct.  25,  1786;  d.  July  23,  1809;   unmarried. 
Susanna,  b.  Sept.  25,  17S9;  d.  Mar.  15,  1867. 
DoRATHY,  b.  Nov.  25,  1793  ;  d.  Apr.  14,  1S67. 
Abraham  Foster,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  (Wood) 
Foster,  m.  a  wife  by  the  name  of  Willard.     Their  children 
were  John,  Sally,    Mary  and  Willard.     Willard  Foster 
lives  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  where  one  or  more  of  his  chil- 
dren still  reside. 

Nathaniel  Foster,  second  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna 
Wood,  m.  Hepsibath  Cotting.     Their  children  : 

1,  Rhoda  ;   m.  Asa  Smith  of  Gardner  ;  had  one  son. 

2.  Samuel;   d.  1870;   he   m.   Emeline  Kibling ;    had  five 

children,  only  one  of  whom  is  living. 


48  BENNET    WOOD 

3.  Emma;    m.   Thomas   Bennett   of  Gardner;    had   eight 

children. 

4.  Eunice  ;  m,   Henry  Carter  of  Leominster,  Mass.  ;    had 

four  children. 

5.  Nancy  ;  m.  Metephor  Kendall  of  Leominster  ;  d.  1843  ; 

had  five  children. 

6.  Mary,  b.    1807;  d.  1883;  m.  Still  man  D.  Benjamin  of 

Shirley,   Mass.     Their  children  are : 

Sidney  W.,    b.  1833 ;  m.  Mary  Harris   of  Ashburnham, 

1873,  and  now  resides  in  Shirley. 
Viola  D.,  b.  1836;  resides  in  Everett,  Mass. 
Mary  Jane,  b.  1841;   m.  L.  L.  Brown,  1865;   resides  in 

Harvard,  Mass. 
Frances  Ann,  b.  1845;  resides  in  Shirley. 

7.  Adaline  ;  m.  Albert  Lamb  of  Leominster. 

8.  Elvira  F.  ;  m.  Stephen  Dodge  of  Leominster. 

9.  Leonard  ;  m.  Melvina  Lawrence  of  Ashburnham. 

Leonard  Foster  is  still  living  at  Ashburnham,  where 
for  many  years  he  has  been  a  prominent  business  man. 

Samuel  Foster,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  (Wood) 
Foster,  m.  Lydia  Stearns,  b.  Mar.  24,  1780,  who  was 
dau.  of  Wm.  Stearns,  son  of  Hon.  Isaac  Stearns,  son  of 
John,  son  of  Capt.  John,  son  of  John  born  in  England 
between  1628  and  1633,  and  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Billerica,  Mass.,  whose  father,  Isaac  Stearns,  was  the 
emigrant  ancestor,  born  in  the  Parish  of  Wayland,  County 
of  Suffolk,  England.  He  came  to  America  in  the  same 
ship  (the  A?'bella)  with  Gov.  Winthrop,  in  1630,  and 
settled  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  Stearns  Foster,  all  born 
in  Stoddard,  N.  H.  : 

Stearns,  b.  Dec.  26,  1799;  m.  Cynthia  Willson,  b.  Sept. 
8,  1804,  m.  Feb.  3,  1825  ;  she  d.  July  9,  1844;  second 
wife,  Mai-y  Fuller,  b.  June  13,  1813  ;  m.  Dec.  3,  1845. 

Lydia,  b.  Aug.  23,  1801  ;  m.  Nov.  24,  1824,  Dea.  Luke 
Joslin,  b.  Dec.  22,  1797. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  49 

Maria,  b.  Apr.   29,  1804;  m.  Nov.  4,  1823,  in  Stoddard, 

N.  H.,  Stephen  Wood,  b.  Jan.   11,   i8oo;    he  d.  Apr. 

30,  1874. 
HosEA,  b.  Apr.  13,  1806  ;  m.  Mary  G.  Rice,  Nov.  7,  1833, 

b.  Mar.  14,  1816  ;  he  d.  Feb.  7,  1872. 
Selina,  b.  July  5,  1809  ;  m.  Feb.  16,  1830,  Mark  Bowers  ; 

settled  in  Hancock,  N.  H.  ;  he  d. 
Emily,  b.  Dec.  19,  181 1  ;  m.  Oct.  10,  1833,  Dea.  Edward 

Hayward,  b.  Apr.   26,    1810;    residence,   until   1869, 

Hancock,  N.  H.  ;  he  d.  Nov.  6,  1883,  at  Hyde  Park, 

Mass. 
Samuel,   b.   Nov.   29,    1815  ;   m.   Nov.   5,  1845,  Mary  S. 

Palmer,  b.  Aug.   23,    1823;    he  d.  Aug.  5,  1850;    his 

wife  d.  Sept.  25,  1846.      Had:    Mary  Alice,  b.   Sept. 

20,    1846;    d.   in   infancy.      Merchant  in  Boston;    d. 

there  ;  buried  with  his  family  in  Mt.  Auburn. 
Electa,  b.  Nov.  10,  1817;  d.  Dec.  25,  1818. 
Electa,    b.   June    10,    1825  ;   m.  June    15,    1850,    James 

Downing,  b.  Apr.  8,  1S15. 

Children  of  Stearns  Foster  by  first  wife,   Cynthia  (Wil- 
*  son)  Foster : 

Henrv,  b.  Mar.  2,  1826;  d.  Mar.  3,  1S26. 
Edwin,  b.  Nov.  18,  1828;  d.  Feb.  8,  1832. 
George,  b.  June    10,    1830;   m.  Feb.  25,    1857,   Dollie  E. 

Whicher,  b.  Mar.  15,  1837. 
Amelia,  b.  June  3,  1S3S;  d.  Nov.  9,  1838. 
Emma  L.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1843  ;  d.  Sept.  17,  1844. 

By  second  wife,  Mary  (Fuller)  Foster  : 

Mary  A.,  b.  June  25,  1849. 
William  S.,  b.  Sept.  i,  1S51. 

Children  of  Lydia  Foster  and  Luke  Joslin  : 

GiLMAN,  b.  Dec.  25,  1825;  m.  Feb.  20,  1851,  vSusan  A. 
Williams  ;  he  d.  Nov.  16,  1867.  They  had  :  Oscar  A., 
b.  Aug.  20,  1855,  and  Mary  A.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1862. 

Albert,  b.  Oct.  27,  1828  ;  d.  July  13,  1850. 


^O  BENNET    WOOD 

Elsie,  b.  July  3i,  1S32  ;  m.  Jan.  23,  1855,  Ira  F.  Prouty, 
M.D.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1S12  ;  she  d.  Jan.  17,  1883.  They 
had:  Ira  J.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1S57,  who  m.  Etta  M. 
Humphrey,  July  19,  1883. 

Ira  F.  Prouty,  M.D.,  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Med- 
ical School,  1837. 

Ira  J.  Prouty,  M.D.,  graduated  at  Medical  Department 
University,  City  of  New  York,  1882  ;  now  practising  in 
Keene,  N.  H. 


CHILDREN  AND  DESCENDANTS  OF 
MARIA  FOSTER  AND  STEPHEN  WOOD. 

Records    found   in    the    Salmon    Wood   branch   (2509). 


Children  of  Hosea  and  Mary  G.  (Rice)  Foster  : 

Alvin  R.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1S34;  m.  Feb.  3,  1866,  Mary  J. 
Sargent.  Had  :  Herbert  A.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1867  ;  Nellie 
M.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1872.  The  mother,  Mary  J.,  d.  June 
15,  1877.  Alvin  R.  m.  June  13,  1880,  second  wife, 
Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Scott. 

Sarah  M.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1S37  ;  d.  Nov.  23,  1858. 

Edwin  S.,  b.  Dec.   21,   1840,  m.  Nov.  26,   186S,  Ella  S. 

Houghton.       Had:    Frank    H.,   b.    Sept.    10,    1869; 

Harry  S.,  b.  May  17,  1871  ;    George  E.,  b.  Aug.   13, 

1873;    Louisa  Belle,  b.  Aug.   13,  1876;    Carl  H.,  b. 

Jan.  3,  1883  ;  Grace  A.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1884. 
Charles  M.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1843. 
Horace  E.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1846;  d.  Jan.  9,  1853. 
Ella  F.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1856. 

Children  of  Selina  Foster  and  Mark  Bowers  : 

George,  b.  Oct.  10,  1S31,  m.  Dec.  28,  1858,  Urania  E. 
Brackett ;  settled  in  Nashua,  N.  H.  ;  graduated  at  the 
Philadelphia  College,  receiving  the  degree  of  Doctor 


BENNET    WOOD.  5  I 

of  Dental  Surgery,  1865.  Had  :  Adelbert  V.,  b.  Mar. 
39,  i860,  d.  Jan.  18,  1865;  Lucy  A.,  b.  Feb.  12, 
1862,  d.  Jan.  29,  1867;  Horace  A.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1863, 
grad.  Nashua  High  School,  1881,  and  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Penn.,  1884,  receiving  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Dental  Surgery;  George  A.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1866,  grad. 
Nashua  High  School,  1884. 

Almira,  b.  Oct.  14,  1833  ;  m.  Reuben  M.  Sav^^yer,  June 
17,  1856  ;  settled  in  Nashua,  N.  H.  Had  :  Frank  M., 
b.  Apr.  31,  1 86 1,  d.  July  18,  1879. 

Caroline,  b.  Apr.  30,  1835  ;  m.  June  17,  1856,  Adams 
A.  Roberts;  settled  in  Kansas;  d.  May  24,  1862. 
Children  :   Three,  d.  in  infancy. 

Albert,  b.  Apr.  11,  1837  ;  m.  Melvina  E.  Hart,  June  22, 
1869.  Grad.  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1863,  and  at 
Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1868.  Settled  in 
Macon,  Mo.,  the  same  year,  as  Pastor  of  a  Congrega- 
tional Church,  vv^here  he  remained  about  five  years, 
then  removed  to  Huntington,  West  Virginia,  w^here  he 
was  pastor  of  a  flourishing  parish  about  eleven  years. 
Then  he  removed  (1884)  to  Ruggles,  Ohio.  Chil- 
dren :  Roy  E.  and  Berta  H. 

Cynthia,  b.  May  17,  1839;  m.  Asa  D.  Wood,  June  21, 
1859;  settled  in  Hancock,  N.  H. 

Horace  S.,  b.  July  17,  1841  ;  enlisted  in  a  Mass.  regiment, 
1861  ;  d.  Feb.  28,  1S63. 

Samuel  O.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1843  ;  m.  Susan  Sharp,  May  37, 
1 871  ;  settled  in  Hillsboro',  N.  H.  ;  profession,  dental 
practice.     Had:  Elgin  M.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1873. 

Children  of  Emily  Foster  and  Dea.  Edward  Hay  ward  : 

Sarah  M.,  b.  July  27,  1835  ;  m.  June  5,  1855,  J.  Ellery 
Piper  of  Boston,  Mass.,  b.  Nov.  39,  1830.  Had: 
Edward  Ellery,  b.  Dec.  13,  1856;  Alice  Greenwood, 
b.  Apr.  33,  1S60,  who  m.  Oct.  33,  1879,  Fred.  Young 
French,  and  had  Arthur  Hartwell  French,  b.  Aug.  i, 
1880,  and  Fred.  Y.,  Jr.,  b.  July  14,  1883;  Marion 
Sarah,  b.  May  33,  1864;  Arthur  Willard,  b.  Aug.  3i, 
1866;  Mabel  Emily,  b.  Sept.  34,  1869. 

Sylvia  A.,  b.  July  4,  1837  5  ^^-  -^P^-  3'  ^^38. 


52  AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS. 

Cynthia  F.,  b.  Sept.  lo,  1839;  ^'•^-  J'"^"-  ^^1  ^^^5->  Luke 
Putnam  Willard  of  Boston,  Mass.  Children  :  Annie 
Wellington,  b.  Oct.  29,  1869;  May  Lillian;  Frederick 
William  ;  Ralph  Putnam,  b.  Feb.  24.  1S7S ;  d.  in 
infancy. 

Edward  S.,  h.  June  30,  1S41  ;  m.  Oct.  18,  1S66,  Emma 
Washburn,  b.  Mar.  2,  1S46,  in  Belfast,  Me.  Plad  : 
Harrison  W.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1873. 

Milan  A.  and  Mary  A.,  twins,  b.  June  7,  1843  ;  Milan 
A.  d.  June  25,  1843  ;  Mary  A.  d.  July  14,  1843. 

Lydia  Alice,  b.  Oct.  24,  1847  '  ^^-  Sept.  13,  1853. 

Fred.  A.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1856;  d.  June  14,  i860. 
Children  of  Electa  Foster  and  James  Downing  : 

Albert  S.,  b.  June  22,  1851. 

George  E.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1854. 

Herbert  J.,  b.  July  13,  185S. 

Ellen  C,  b.  Oct.  24,  1865. 

Hosea  Foster,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  Wood,  m. 
Polly  Joslin  and  emigrated  to  Verona,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Their  children  were  Polly,  Susan,  Caroline  and  Hosea. 
Polly  Foster,  m.  Justus  Brewster  of  Verona,  N.  Y.,  had 
Amos  F.,  Mary,  Susan  F.,  Polly  J.     AmosF.  Brews- 
ter  has   Susan,  Jenny,   Julia  and   Foster.     Jenu}'  m. 

Knight;  Julia  m.  David  Broughton,   of  Little 

Falls,  N.  Y.,  have  a  daughter  Reba. 
Mary    Brewster,    dau.    of    Justus    and    Polly,    m.    Almon 

Stewart,  —  had  10  children. 
Susan  F.  Brewster,  m.  Benjamin  F.  Wilson  of  Verona,  N. 
Y.     Their  children  are  George,  Emma,  James,  Frank, 
Alice,  Julia,  Herbert  and  Seymour. 

Emma   Wilson,    m.    Willard    Soper ;     have    two 

children. 
Alice  Wilson,   m.  John  Brewster;  have  two  chil- 
dren. 
Frank  Wilson,  m.  Emma  Soper. 
Polly  J.  Brewster,  m.  David   Williams  ;  had  Eva,   Emma, 

Clarence  and  Imogene. 
Susan  Foster,  m.  Ed.  S.  Latham  of  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.  ; 
had  Hosea  Foster  Latham,  Imogene  Latham. 


BENNET    WOOD.  53 

Hosea  F.  Latham  graduated  at   Hobart   College, 

Geneva,  N.  Y. 
Imogene  Latham,  m.  J.  Marshall  Guion  of  Seneca 
Falls,  N.  Y.  ;  had   Ed.  L.   Guion  and  John 
M.  Guion. 
Caroline  Foster,  m.  Oscar  Granger,  Feb.  21,  1S33  ;  had 
Antoinette    S.,    Lyman    F.,    and   O.   Foster   Granger. 
Antoinette  S.,  m.   June   20,    1854,  John    T.    Carr    of 
Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.     Their  children  are  Clarence 
G.,  Carrie  and  Lora  W. 
Clarence   G.   Carr  graduated   at  University  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y.  and  Carrie  at  N.  E.  Conservatory  of  Music  ; 
both  reside  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

O.   Foster  Granger,    m.  Alice   C.   Scott.     Their 

children  are  Imogene,  Oscar  and  Carrie. 
Lyman    F.    Granger,    m.    Elizabeth    Hoyt ;     had 
Adelbert  and  Adella. 
Hosea  Foster,  m.  Cornelia  Scaden.    Their  children  were 
Cornelia,    Wesley,     Emma    C,     Jennie    E.,    Velton, 
Edward  and  Imogene. 

Wesley  Foster,  m.  Dec.  16,  1S74,  Frank  Wilcox 
of  Clockville,  Mad.  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  have  a  dau., 
Grace  Foster. 

Joel  Foster,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  Wood  Foster, 
b.  at  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  Aug.  21,  1780,  m.  Dolly 
Wetherbee  of  Ashby,  Mass.,  who  was  b.  Feb.  21,  1774, 
and  d.  May  23,  1838.     Their  children  were  : 

Harriet,    b.    Sept.    10,    1806;    m.    James    Hayward    of 

Ashby,  Mass.,  Apr.  i,  1830.      She  d.  Apr.  10,  1839. 
Joel  Foster,  b.  July  15,  1808;  d.  Mar.  31,  1814. 
Jerome  W.  Foster,  an  honored  and  prominent   citizen  of 
Ashburnham,  b.  Dec.  15,  1810;  m.  Mary  Colson  Apr. 
23,  1834.     He  d.  Mar.  23,  1S71.     They  had: 
George  C.  Foster,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Ashburnham, 
Mass.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1835  ;  m.  Aug.  10,  18^6,  Sarah   E. 
Bemis.      Had : 

Charles  W.,  b.  May  16,  1858. 

George  O.,  b.  June  17,  1862  ;  d.  Feb.  12,  1883. 


54  AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS. 

Mary   C.   Foster,  b.   Mar.    12,    1838;  m.   Feb.  9,  185S, 
josiah  P.  Sawtelle,  New  York  City  ;   had  : 

Nettie  A.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1868;  d.  May  25,  1871. 
Annie  C,  b.  Sept.  4,  1872  ;  d.  Apr.  6,  1S76. 
Jerome  W.  Foster,  b.  Nov.  5,  1839;  d.  Apr.  5,  1841. 
Harriet  M.   Foster,  b.July  28,  1843;  m.  July  1,  1875, 

Goldsbury  H.  Pond. 
Susan  R.  Foster,  b.  Nov.  12,  1844;  d.  Aug.  14,  1866. 

C.  LucRETiA  Foster,  b.  June  i,  1846. 

Ella  Jane,  b.  Nov.  11,  1847  !  ^^-  ^^Y  ^9->  ^S*^^- 

D.  Josephine,  b.  Dec.  26,  1849;  d.  Nov.  18,  1869. 
Emma  Delphia,  b.  Feb.  6,  1852  ;  d.  Sept.  14,  1852. 
Emma,  b.  June  15,  1853  ;  d.  Sept.  7,  1861. 
Jerome,  b.  June  5,  1856;  d.  Oct.  29,  1856. 

Dorathy  Foster,  dau.  of  Joel  and  Dolly,  b.  Sept.  6, 
1813 ;  m.  June  1833,  Lewis  Houghton  of  Ashby, 
Mass.     She  d.  Dec.  31,  1863. 

Susannah  Foster,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  (Wood) 
Foster  of  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  m.  in  181 1,  Francis  Lane. 
Their  children  were  as  follows  : 

Allen  F.,  b.  1812. 
Hepsibath  C,  b.  1813. 
Amos  F.,  b.  18 15;  d.  1878. 
Samuel,  b.  1S17;  d.  1S56. 
Milton,  b.  1819;  d.  1876. 
Leonard,  b.  1S21. 
HosEA,  b.  1823;  d.  1828. 
Susan  W.,  b.  1825. 
Rebecca  C,  b.  1827. 
Eleanor  J.,  b.  1829. 
HosEA  F.,  b.  1831. 
Charles  W.,  b.  1833. 

Descendants  of  these  children  are  as  follows  : 

Allen  F.  Lane,  m.  Laura  Tyler  and  had : 
Henry  T.,  b.  1841  ;  d.  in  the  Civil  War,  1864. 
Laura  A.,  b.  1S44;  m.  Wm.  Richardson  of  Fitchburg. 
Emma  L.,  b.  1847;  d.  1847. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  55 

Ellen,  b.  1S49;  "''•  Charles  T.  Harding,  Fitchburg. 
Albert,  b.  1S53. 
James  A.,  b.  1854. 
Francis  W.,  b.  1S5S. 
Justin  E.,  b.  1S61  ;  d.  1861. 

Hepsibath  C.  Lane  m.  1843,  I.  A.  Packard,  and  had: 

Charles  F.,  b.  1S44. 

Frances  S.,  b.  1846;  m.  A.  Burnham,  Westminster. 

Susan   R.,   b.    1S4S  ;    m,   Augustus   Scales,  Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
Henry  A.,  b.  1852. 
MiNA  A.,  b.  1856;  d.  1866. 

Amos  F.  Lane  m.  Martha  Ward  :  had  : 
William  W.,  b.  1841. 
Albert  F.,  b.  1844;  ^^'  ^^47- 
Sarah  N.,  b.  1846;  d.  1S47. 
George  F.,  b.  1848. 
Elmira  J.,  b.  1850. 
Oman  F.,  b.  1853. 
MaryE.,  b.  1856. 
Walter  A.,  b.''i858. 
Samuel  A.,  b.  i860;  d.  i860. 
JohnF.,  b.  1861  ;  d.  1864. 

Samuel  Lane  m.  Nancy  H.  Eaton  of  Shirley.     Had  : 
Joel  E.,  b.  1843  ;  d.  1859. 
Mary  S.,  b.  1845  ;  d.  1845. 
Edward  S.,  b.  1846. 
Frederick   D.,   b.    1849;  teacher   in   Gushing  Academy, 

Ashburnham. 
SusETTA,  b.  1S50;  d.  1858. 

Milton  Lane  m.  Mary  Parkhurst  of  Fitchburg  ;  had  : 
EllaM.,  b.  1855. 
Hattie  p.,  b.  1857. 
Delia  M.,  b.  1863. 
Genery  M.,  b.  i860. 
Gertrude  E.,  b.  1867. 
Herbert,  b.  1869. 


56  •  BENNET    WOOD 

Gertrude  and  Herbert  being  children  of  a  second  mar- 
riage. 

Leonard  Lane  m.  Lucy  Pollard.  Their  only  child 
was :  '  .  •  • 

Ada  E.,  b.  1859;  d.  1863. 

Rebecca  C.  Lane  m.  Merrick  Eaton  of  Ashburnham. 

Eleanor  J.  Lane  m.  Daniel  W.  Lane  of  Ashburnham. 

Hosea  Foster  Lane,  now,  and  for  twenty-nine  years, 
Principal  of  Templeton,  Mass.,  High  School,  m.  Eliza- 
beth E.  Fairbanks  of  Ashburnham.     Their  children  are  : 

Charles  H.,  b.  1S59. 

Arthur  Francis,  b.  1861  ;  d.  1862. 

Charles  W.   Lane  m.    Philena   (Howard)  Packard  of 
Hinsdale,  N.  H.     Had  : 
Harry,  b.  1S71. 

Dorathy  Foster,  youngest  child  of  Samuel  and  Susanna 
(Wood)  Foster,  became  the  wife  of  Ezekiel  Metcalf  of 
Ashburnham.     Their  children  were  : 

Otis,  b.  1S16  ;  d.  1872.  ' 

Joel  F.,  b.  1S19. 

Mary  Axn,  b.  1821  ;  d.  1S75. 

SuLTiNA  S.,  b.  1824;  d.  1840. 

Lavina,  b.  1S35,  d.  1848. 

Otis  Metcalf,  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Dorathy,  had  three 
children  : 

George  Otis,  b.  1S40;  d.  1870. 

SULTINA  S.,  b.    1842. 

Augusta,  b.  1844. 
Joel  F.  Metcalf,  son  of  Ezekiel   and  Dorathy,  lives  in 
Leominster,  Mass.     Had  : 
Emily,  b.  1841. 
Sarah,  b.  1843. 

Martha  Ann,  b,  1845  ;  d.  1864. 
Maria,  b.  1846. 
Walton  J.,  b.  1854. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  57 

Mary  Ann  Metcalf,  dau.  of  Ezekiel  and  Dorathy,  m. 
Orrin  Morton  of  Ashburnham  ;  had  Clara,  Edward  and 
Lavina. 


JOHN  WOOD. 

John  Wood,  sixth  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy 
Wood,  was  born  Feb.  3,  17 19,  in  Littleton,  upon  the 
estate  now  owned  in  part  by  his  descendants.  He  was  in 
his  twelfth  year  when  his  father,  Jeremiah,  died. 

A  large  portion  of  the  real  estate  was  set  to  him.  His 
mother,  Dorathy,  was  made  his  guardian, — her  thirds  set 
next  to  his  portion,  and  at  her  decease,  in  1752,  her  real 
estate  was  divided  between  Bennet  and  John.  John  was 
to  pay  the  shares  of  his  sisters  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Robins, 
wife  of  Benjamin  Robins ;  Mrs.  Lucy  Chase,  wife  of 
George  Chase,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Chase,  wife  of  Joseph 
Chase,  and  a  part  of  the  share  of  Eliphalet.  Bennet 
was  to  pay  the  remainder  of  Eliphalet's  share,  Joseph's 
heirs,  and  Jonathan.  Joseph's  children  were  Benjamin, 
Aaron  and  Grace. 

The  above  were  the  heirs  of  the  widow  of  Jeremiah 
Wood  in  1752.      [Entered  Lib.  43,  p.  460.] 

John  Wood,  son  of  Jeremiah,  married  in  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Oct.  19,  1743,  Lydia  Davis,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
and  Sarah  Davis  of  Harvard.  She  was  born  Sept.  7, 
1724. 

They  had  seven  children,  as  follows : 

491.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  2,  1744;  d.  Nov.  2,  1746. 

492.  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  22,  1746;  m.  Oliver  Davis. 

493.  John,  b.  Sept.  3,  1747  ;  d.  May  4,  1S26. 

494.  Timothy,  b.  July  29,  1749;  d.  July  18,  iSoi. 

495.  Sarah,  b.  July  27,.  1 75 1. 

496.  Ebenezer,  b.  Jan.  20,  1754;  d.  Dec.  28,  1840. 

497.  Salmon,  b.  Aug.  15,  1758;  d.  Feb.  35,  1823. 

5 


58  JOHN    WOOD 

We  find  John  Wood,  the  father  of  the  above  named 
children,  Constable  and  Collector  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four,  a  prominent  and  successful  man,  had  pleasant  sur- 
roundings for  those  times,  and  had  a' promising  young 
family,  but  death  called  him  away  in  his  fortieth  year. 
He  died  Apr.  8,  1758.  His  wife  remained  a  widow  for 
several  years,  then  "May  ye  21,  1765,  Capt.  David  Good- 
ridge  of  Fitchburg,  and  Mrs.  Lydia  Wood  was  joined  in 
marriage  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Daniel  Rogers  of  Littleton,  as 
by  a  certificate  under  his  hand."  She  outlived  her 
second  husband.  David  Goodridge  made  his  will  Apr. 
28,  1782.  He  named  sons  and  daughters  in  his  will  as 
follows  :  David  Goodridge,  Ebenezer  Goodridge,  Abijah 
Goodridge,  Hannah  Mellen,  Eunice  Farwell  and  John 
Goodridge. 

His  widow  gave  Power  of  Attorney  to  her  son,  John 
Wood,  Apr.  6,  1787,  expressly  on  account  of  her  Dowry. 

In  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of  her  first  husband,  John 
Wood,  the  heirs  were  John  Wood,  Timothy  Wood, 
Ebenezer  Wood,  Salmon  Wood,  and  Lydia  Davis. 

The  brother  of  their  mother,  Zadok  Davis,  was  guar- 
dian for  John  and  Timothy.  John  had  the  homestead, 
including  the  widows'  third,  when  he  became  of  age, 
which  was  after  her  marriage  to  David  Goodridge. 

In  the  distribution  of  the  mother's  personal  property,  in 
1792,  she  remembered  her  four  sons  by  John  Wood,  and 
her  granddaughter  Sarah  Gary,  and  gave  six  shillings 
each  to  the  six  brothers  of  Sarah  Gary. 

John  and  Lydia  are  both  buried  among  the  Wood 
families  in  Littleton.  The  following  is  from  their  grave- 
stones : 

"  Here  lies  buried  the  body  of 

John  Wood, 

who  departed  this  life 

April  y^  8,  A.  D.,  1758, 

&  in  y^  40*  year  of  his  age." 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  59 

"  In  memory  of 

Mrs.    L  y  d  I  a    Wood, 

wife  of 

Mr.  John  Wood, 

and  late  wife  to 

Dea.  David  Goodridge, 

of  Fitchburg, 

who  died 

Jan'y  13,  1792, 

aged 

67  years,  4  months  and  six  days." 


DEA.  JOHN  WOOD. 

493.  John  Wood,  son  of  John  and  Lydia  (Davis) 
Wood,  was  born  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Sept.  3,  1747,  O.  S. 
He  married  Lucy  Martin  in  1769,  and  had  eleven  chil- 
dren. He  settled  upon  the  home  place  and  prospered. 
He  built  for  himself  a  very  fine  residence  about  1790, 
which  is  still  in  excellent  condition. 

John  Wood  was  a  highly  respected  citizen,  holding 
various  offices  of  trust.  We  notice  by  receipts  that  he 
was  Clerk  of  the  Littleton  Company  in  the  Revolution. 
Among  his  papers  we  find  the  evidence  of  his  being 
ofuardian  for  more  than  a  dozen  children  besides  his  own. 

In  the  Church  records  of  Littleton  I  find  the  following  : 

"  24  May,  1793.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  for  the  purpose 
of  choosing  one  or  more  persons  to  sei-ve  in  the  office  of 
Deacon,  the  question  was  put  whether  the  church  would  pro- 
ceed to  the  choice  of  a  person,  or  persons  to  serve  in  that  office, 
and  it  passed  in  the  affirmative.  After  looking  up  to  heaven 
for  direction  in  the  important  business  before  us,  the  church 
proceeded,  with  great  unanimity,  and  made  choice  first,  ot  Mr. 
John  Wood,  and  secondly,  of  Mr.  Daniel  Kimball  to  that  office." 

"  Sept.  22,  1822.  Stayed  the  Church  after  divine  sei-vice  to 
hear  and  act  on  the  request  of  Dea.  John  Wood  and   Samuel 


6o  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

Hoar  to  be  released  from  further  providing  the  Sacramental 
Elements,  and  from  serving  at  the  Table  in  the  seasons  of  com- 
munion, and  other  persons  might  be  chosen  in  their  stead. 

"  The  Church  voted  to  release  them  from  the  above  duties  in 
the  future. 

"  The  Church  then  voted  their  thanks  to  '  Deacon  John  Wood 
and  Deacon  Samuel  Hoar  for  their  long  and  faithful  service  they 
had  rendered  to  the  church  in  this  place.' 

"  The  Church  then,  Oct.  14,  1S22,  Chose  Benjamin  Dix  and 
Martin  Wood,  a  son  of  Dea.  John  Wood,  to  fill  the  vacancies." 

Deacon  John  Wood  died  in  Littleton,  May  4,  1826,  in 
the  79th  year  of  his  age.  Upon  his  gravestone  in  Little- 
ton, is  the  following  : 

"  Farewell  dear  friend  and  children  too, 
God  has  called  me  home. 
In  a  short  time  he  '11  call  for  you. 
Prepare  yourselves  to  come." 

502.  Lucy  Martin,  wife  of  Dea.  John  Wood,  was 
daughter  of  George  Martin  and  Eunice  Burnham,  his 
wife.  Lucy  (Martin)  Wood  was  born  in  Old  Ipswich, 
Mass.,  July  11,  175 1,  O.  S.  She  died  in  Littleton,  Mass., 
Feb.  20,  1836.     Upon  her  gravestone  is  the  following  : 

"  Farewell  my  friends,  m.y  children  dear. 
My  Savior  calls  me  home. 
My  Savior  calls  my  children  too. 
Prepare  yourselves  to  come." 

At  her  decease  she  had  eight  children  living  and  three 
dead ;  sixty-nine  grandchildren  living  and  twenty-two 
dead ;  forty-seven  great-grandchildren  living  and  eleven 
dead.  Total  descendants  living,  one  hundred  twenty- 
four  ;  dead,  thirty-six.  Total  living  and  dead,  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty. 

Her  father  died  previous  to  1781,  and  was  probably 
living  in  1777,  from  some  business  transactions  in  Dea. 
John  Wood's  accounts. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  6l 

Eunice  (Burnham)  Martin,  her  mother,  died  in  Little- 
ton, Dec.  2,  1818,  and  was  buried  in  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

I  quote  from  the  Burnham  Genealogy,  which  includes 
the  birth  of  Eunice  Burnham  and  her  marriage  to  George 
Martin  :  — 

"From  the  best  information  obtainable  at  the  present  day  it 
would  appear  that  the  three  boy  brothers,  John,  Thomas  and 
Robert,  sons  of  Robert  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Andrews)  Burn- 
ham of  Norwich,  Norfolk  Co.,  England,  came  to  America  eai-ly 
in  1635  ;  that  they  came  in  the  ship  A?igel  Gabriel.,  in  charge 
of  their  maternal  uncle,  Capt.  Andrews,  master  of  the  said 
ship  ;  that  they  were  wrecked  on  the  coast  of  Maine  ;  that  with 
the  freight  thrown  overboard  to  relieve  the  vessel  at  the  time  of 
the  disaster,  was  a  chest  (containing  valuables)  belonging  to  the 
three  boys  ;  that  the  boys  came  to  Chebacco,  in  the  Colony  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  with  their  uncle,  Capt.  Andrews,  who, 
having  lost  his  ship  settled  there,  the  boys  remaining  with  him  ; 
John  and  Thomas  served  (boys  as  they  were)  in  the  Pequot 
expedition.  When  grown  to  manhood,  John  and  Thomas 
remained  at  Chebacco  and  became  Freemen  there.  Robert 
removed  to  Boston,  and  while  there  became  one  of  the  company 
who  purchased  the  town  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  to  which  place 
he  removed,  erected  his  '  garrison  house '  at  Oyster  river, 
became  an  inhabitant,  and  his  descendants  are  still  there. 

John  was  appointed  deacon  of  the  church  at  Chebacco.  He 
became  the  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  lying  on  the  east  side 
of  what  is  now  known  as  '  Haskell's  Creek.'  Many  of  his 
descendants  removed  from  Chebacco  and  settled  in  other  places. 
Ebenezer,  his  grandson,  removed  to  Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  and 
himself  became  the  ancestor  of  a  numerous  progeny.  Others 
removed  to  New  Hampshire  and  Maine. 

Thotnas  was    commissioned    as   Lieutenant,    was   deputy   to 
the  General  Court,  was  Selectman  and  on  Town  Committees. 

He  owned  much  land,  both  in  Chebacco  and   Ipswich,  and  a 
saw-mill  upon  Chebacco  river. 

In  the  town  of  Essex,  Mass.,  a  large  proportion  of  its  inhabit- 
ants are  Burnhams,  and  are   descended  from   Lieut.   Thomas, 


62  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

Sen.,  through  his  son  John.  The  Norwich,  Conn.,  Burnhams 
are  descendants  from  Lieut.  Thomas,  Sen. 

There  are  also  many  of  the  name  of  Andrews,  probably 
descended  from  Capt.  Andrews,  brother  of  the  mother  of  the 
three  Burnham  boys." 

The  descendants  of  these  three  brothers  have  made 
various  attempts  to  obtain  the  immense  estate  believed  to 
be  still  held  in  England  for  heirs  of  the  Burnham  descent 
now^  in  America,  but  as  yet  without  success.  Meetings 
have  been  held,  counsel  employed,  and  correspondence 
entered  into  ;  some  of  which  is  published  in  the  Burnham 
Genealogy. 

Lieut.  Thomas  Burnham,  the  emigrant  who  settled  at 
Ipswich,  Mass.,  was  in  Chebacco  (Ipswich),  Mass.,  1636, 
b.  in  England,  1623  ;  d.  June,  1694,  JE  Ji  years ;  m.  1645, 
Mary,  dau.  of  John  Tuttle,  b.  1624. 

The  houses  and  farms  of  Lieut.  Thomas  Burnham, 
Sen.,  were  divided  between  his  sons   Thomas  and  James. 

John  (son  of  Thomas,,  Sen.),  of  Chebacco,  b.  1648; 
d.  Jan.  12,  1704;  m.  June  6,  1668,  Elizabeth  Wells,  b. 
;  d.  1717. 

John  Burnham,  from  whom  most  of  the  Burnhams  in 
Essex,  and  many  others  descended,  settled  in  Chebacco, 
first  near  the  head  of  Whittridge  Creek,  and  afterwards 
removed  to  the  Falls.  He  became  proprietor  of  a  grist- 
mill there,  and  other  real  estate  in  the  vicinity,  which  has 
ever  remained  with   him   and   his  descendants.      He  had 

John,  m.  Sarah  Choate  ;  Thomas,  m.  Susannah ; 

Joseph,  unmarried.  Abigail,  m.  Eben  Whitman  ;  Jacob, 
m.  Mehitable  Perkins;  yonathan,  m.  Mary  Perkins; 
and  2nd.,  m.  Martha  Foster.  David,  m.  Elizabeth  Per- 
kins ;  2nd.,  m.  Elizabeth  Barrett;  Mary,  m.  Samuel 
Weymouth. 

Of  the  above  mentioned  :  Capt.  Jonathan  Burnham, 
son  of  John,  and  grandson  of  Thomas,  Sen.,  was  born 
Oct.  10,  1685  ;  d.  x\pril  3,  1773  ;  m.  Mar.  17,  1710,  Mary 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  63 

Perkins.  She  died  and  Capt.  Jonathan  m.  May  13,  1730, 
second  wife,  Martha  Foster,  b.  1700;  d.  Feb.  20,  1790, 
J^  90  yeai-s. 

CHILDREN    OF    FIRST    WIFE. 

Jonathan,  b.  1716;  m.  Oct.  4,  1737,  Elizabeth  Proctor; 

d.  Mar.  26,  1802. 
Mary,  b.  Dec,  1718;  m.  Oct.  22,  1741,  Job.   Smith;    d. 

Mar.  27,  1816. 
Francis,  b.  1721  ;    m.  Apr.   25,    1754,  Mary   Cavies ;    d. 

1S08. 
Eunice^    b.  Apr.    34,    1726;    m.   Oct.   22,   1745,    George 

Martin. 
Lucy,  b.  Sept.  17,  1727;  m. 

CHILDREN    OF    SECOND    WIFE. 

Martha,  b.  July  4,  1731  ;  d.  in  infancy. 
Martha,  b.  Mar.  11,  1733;  m. 

Lucy,  b.  Dec.  29,  1734;  m.  Feb.,  1757,  Enoch  Haskell. 
Joseph,  b.  May  21,  1736;  d.  in  infancy. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  15,  1741  ;  d.  in  infancy. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  31,  1743;  m. 

Abigail,  b.  June  3,  1745  ;  m.  Mar.  13,  1767,  Dea.  Grover 
Dodge;  d.  Mar.  31,  1836. 

Capt.  Amariah  Wood,  son  of  Dea.  John  and  Lucy 
(Martin)  Wood,  says  in  a  paper  to  the  writer,  January  3, 
1856: 

"  My  mother's  name  was  Lucy  Martin.  Her  father,  George 
Mai'tin,  lived  in  old  Ipswich  ;  moved  from  there  to  Lunenburg, 
Mass. 

Her  mother's  name  was  Burnham.  Her  ancester,  Martin, 
was  a  weaver  in  England  ;  his  wife  was  one  of  the  higher 
classes  ;  her  parents  were  opposed  to  her  marrying  a  weaver,  and 
they  came  to  America.  My  mother's  great-grandfather's  name 
was  Dergy ;  he  was  the  King  of  England's  Cup-bearer. 

My  mother's  brother  Jonathan  was  settled  on  his  father's 
place  ;  had  a  numerous  family,  whose  descendants  are,  some  in 


64  DEA.   JOHN    WOOD 

Gardner,  Mass.  ;  some  in  Worcester,  Mass.  ;  one  in  Westfield, 
Mass.,  many  of  whom  are  great  musicians  and  teachers  of  pen- 
manship. 

Her  brother,  John  Martin,  was  a  Doctor.  He  was  sick  at  sea 
the  last  he  was  heard  from.  Joseph  was  a  Doctor,  —  went  to 
Connecticut.  My  mother's  sister  Eunice  married  Abijah  Good- 
ridge  ;  settled  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  had  a  numerous  family. 
My  mother's  sister  Polly  married  Mr.  Jones,  settled  in  Rindge, 
N.  H.,  and  I  believe  had  the  greatest  number  of  children  of  any 
of  the  family." 

I  record  some  names  found  in  account  books  of  Dea. 
John  Wood,  which  may  help  in  future  genealogical  work  : 
Capt.  David  Goodridge,  Timothy  Wood,  Ebenezer 
Wood,  Salmon  Wood,  1789,  widow  Eunice  Martin,  1786, 
Joseph  Martin,  1784,  Jonathan  Martin,  1781,  George 
Martin,  1777,  Thomas  Wood,  Deliverance  Davis,  Capt. 
John  Goodridge,  Bennet  Wood,  Ebenezer  Davis,  Benja- 
min Robbins,  Abijah  Goodridge,  widow  Lydia  Good- 
ridge, Elisha  Robbins,  Oliver  Davis,  1775  5  Martin 
Wood,  Amariah  Wood,  Zadok  Davis,  Nathaniel  Edwards 
of  Acton,  Mass.,  who  made  his  eight-day  brass  clock  in 
1793,  now  in  possession  of  his  grandson,  Isaac  Wood  of 
Boston,  Mass.  ;  Hannah  Mellen  and  Eunice  Farwell, 
daughters  of  Dea.  David  Goodridge,  Eliphalet  Wood  and 
many  others. 


DESCENDANTS 


OF 


DEA.     JOHN     WOOD 


AND 


LUCY    (MARTIN) 


HIS    WIFE. 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  (493) 

AND 

LUCY  MARTIN  (502)  WOOD. 

503.  Lucy,    b.    in   Littleton,   Mass.,   Nov.    17,    1770;    m. 

Peter  Fletcher  (504)  ;  d.  Feb.  8,  1856. 

504.  Peter  Fletcher,  b.  Jan.   13,    1767;    d.   Nov.   21, 

181 1.  He  was  the  son  of  Peter  and  Martha  (Dix) 
Fletcher  of  Littleton,  —  the  father  was  son  of  Capt. 
Samuel,  son  of  William,  son  of  Samuel,  who  came 
to  this  country  from  England,  with  his  father  Robert 
who  settled  in  Concord,  1630. 

505.  Sarah,  b.   in   Littleton,   Mass.,  May  26,    1772;    m. 

Abel  White  (506)  ;  d.  Aug.  26,  1846. 

506.  Abel  White,  b.  Sept.  18,  1774;  d.  May  4,  1844. 

507.  Martin,   b.    in  Littleton,   Mass.,  Feb.  15,  1774;  m. 

Nancy  Hunt  (508),  and  2nd.,  Abigail  Willard 
(509)  ;  d.  Dec.  27,  1S53. 

508.  Nancy  Hunt,  b.  Apr.  8,  1780;  d.  Nov.  3,  1819. 

509.  Abigail  Willard,   b.   Sept.   34,   1783  ;  d.  Apr.  16, 

1874. 

510.  Carshena,  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Nov.  19,  1776;  m. 

Betsey  Lawrence  (511)  and  2nd.,  Tryphena  Law- 
rence (512)  ;  d.  July  13,  1854. 

511.  Betsey  Lawrence,  b.  Feb.   4,    1784;  d.   Oct.   23, 

iSio. 

512.  Tryphena  Lawrence,   b.  Jan.    11,   1792;  d.  Aug. 

30,  1870. 

513.  John,   b.   in  Littleton,  Mass.,   Sept.    12,   1779;    m. 

Mary  Hay  ward  (514)  ;  d.  July  i,  1807.  Had  two 
children  :  John  and  Mary  Ann. 

514.  Mary  Hayward,  b.  in  Boxborough,  Mass.  ;  d.  Sept. 

2,  1854,  ^g^d  70;  m.  2nd  husband,  Jonathan 
Nourse  of  Bolton,  Mass.,  and  had  a  large  family: 
Franklin,  Steadman,  Parkman,  Hayward,  Louisa  m. 
Whitcomb,  Susan   m.  Sawyer,  and  perhaps  others. 


DEA.    JOHN    WOOD    AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  6*] 

515.  Eunice,  b.   in  Littleton,   Mass.,   May  16,    17S1  ;  m. 

James  Hayward  (516)  ;  d.  Oct.  30,  1846. 

516.  James  Hayward,  b.  in  Boxborough,  Mass.,  Jan.  2, 

1779;  d.  Nov.  II,  1S46. 

517.  Amariah,  b.    in  Littleton,  Mass.,  June   14,  1782;  d. 

March  S,  17S3. 

518.  Amariah,  b.   in   Littleton,  Mass.,  Apr.  19,  1784;  d. 

Dec.  5,  1784. 

519.  Amariah,  b.   in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Sept.  9,  1785;  m. 

Hannah  Smith  (520),  and    2nd,  Lois  Eames  (521). 

520.  Hannah    Smith,    b.    in   Weston,    Mass.,    Apr.    18, 

1787  ;  d.  July  24,  1849.  Her  mother's  maiden  name 
was  Hobbs,  dau.  of  Nathan  and  Elizabeth  (Fisk) 
Hobbs,  who  was  daughter  of  Dea.  Samuel  and 
Anna  (Bemis)  Fisk  of  Waltham,  Mass. 

521.  Lois  Fames,  b.  Aug.  15,  1794. 

522.  Marv,  b.    in    Littleton,   Mass.,    June    28,    1788;    m. 

Frank  Priest  (523)  ;   d.  Aug.  15,  1874. 

523.  Frank  Priest,  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Feb.  26,  1784; 

d.  in  Parishville,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  7,  1850. 

524.  Frederick,  b.    in   Littleton,  Mass.,  Nov.  4,    1791  ; 

graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  1813  ;  was  A.  M. 

and  M.  D.  ;  d.  Apr.,  1864;  unmarried. 
Martin  Wood  (507)  was  well  posted  in  common  his- 
torical subjects,  and  had  a  very  complete  knowledge  of  the 
Bible.  He  was  a  Deacon  in  the  Church,  and  a  Teacher 
of  the  Bible  Class  for  men  and  women  in  the  Sunday 
School  for  many  years.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling 
integrity,  thoroughly  honest  and  earnest  in  whatever 
engaged.  He  had  quite  a  mechanical  talent;  was 
ingenious  in  making  various  implements  and  instruments, 
was  a  good  carpenter,  blacksmith,  and  cooper.  He  built 
several  of  the  school-houses  of  the  town.  Several  pieces 
of  public  roads  were  contracted  for  and  built  by  him. 

He  was  a  skilful  surve3'or,  and  was  often  called  upon 
to  settle  disputed  boundary  lines,  where  other  good  sur- 
veyors would  not  agree. 

He  held,  at  different  times,  all  the  important  places  of 
trust  in  his  town,  as  Committee-man,  Assessor,  Selectman. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  MARTIN  (507) 

AND 

NANCY  HUNT  (508)  WOOD. 

CHILDREN. 

525.  Nancy  M.,  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Dec.  7,  1801  ;  d. 

June  14,  1872  ;  unmarried. 

526.  JosEPHUs,   b.    in  Littleton,  Aug.   21,    1803;  d.   Dec. 

14,  18S2  ;  unmarried. 

527.  George,    b.    in    Littleton,    Jan.   11,   1805;   ^-    J^"^^*' 

1885  ;  unmarried. 

528.  Amasa,   b.   in  Littleton,  Sept.  10,  1S06;  d.  July  26, 

1807. 

529.  Amasa,  b.  in   Littleton,  May   2,  iSoS  ;  m.   Nancy  G. 

Mills  (530)  ;  d.  Sept.  18,  1852. 

530.  Nancy  G.  Mills  of  Lowell,  Mass. 

531.  Lucy,   b.   in  Littleton,   Nov.    18,    1S09 ;   m.   Benson 

Bigelow  (532)  ;  d.  Dec.  7,  1859. 

532.  Benson  Bigelow,  b.  in  Westminster,  Feb.  16,  1806  ; 

d.  Jan.  26,  1880,  aged  73  yrs.  11  mo. 

533.  Mary,  b.  in  Littleton,  Oct.  16,  1811  ;  unmarried. 

534.  John,  b.    in   Littleton,  Feb.  4,  1813  ;  d.   May,  1874; 

unmarried. 

535.  Harriot,  b.  in  Littleton,  Aug.  19,  1816;  d.  July  24, 

1817. 

536.  Harriot,   b.  in   Littleton,  July   24,  1S19;  d.   Oct.  5, 

1823. 


CHILDREN  OF  MARTIN  (507) 

AND 

ABIGAIL  WILLARD  (509)  WOOD. 

537.  Infant  son,  b.  March  3,  1825  ;  d. 

538.  Cornelius  Elliot  Wood,  A.  M.,  b.   in  Littleton, 

Dec.  I,  1827.  Graduate  of  Harvard  University, 
1850,  and  afterwards  of  Harvard  Law  School ;  m. 
Catherine  Maria  McGovern  (539)  • 

539.  Catherine  Maria  McGovern,  b.  Oct.  7,  1844. 


SIXTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  AMASA  (529) 


NANCY  G.  MILLS  (530)  WOOD. 

540.  Carrie  A. 

541.  Lucy  Jane  ;  m. Givens. 


CHILDREN  OF  LUCY  WOOD   (531) 

AND 

BENSON  BIGELOW  (532). 

542.  Nancy  Elmira,  b.  Dec.  7,  1S51  ;  d.  Feb.,  1S64. 

543.  Edward  Benson,  b.  Sept.  i,  1S55. 


CHILD  OF  CORNELIUS  E.   (53S) 

and 

CATHERINE  M.  McGOVERN  (539)  WOOD. 

544.  Amelia  Eldora,   b.  in   Littleton,  Jan.   6,  1863  ;  d. 
June  14,  1880. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  PETER  (504) 


AND 


LUCY  WOOD  (503)  FLETCHER. 


CHILDREN. 


545.  Lucv,  b.  Aug.    I,    1795,   in   Phillipston,    Mass.;  m. 

Edmund  Fletcher  (546)  ;  d.  Oct.  14,  1871. 

546.  Edmund  Fletcher  of  Littleton,  Mass.,  b.  Feb.  19, 

1791. 

547.  Sarah,   b.  Sept.  29,  1796;  m.    Silas  Nourse   (548)  ; 

d.  Nov.  9,  1S60. 

548.  Silas  Nourse  of  Bolton,  Mass. 

549.  Martha,    b.    Dec.    4,    1797;    d.    March    11,    1876; 

unmarried. 

550.  Peter,  b.  Feb.   22,  1799;  m.  widow  Betsey  Warren 

Patch  (551)  ;  widow  Harriet  Tower  Whitney  (552). 

551.  Betsey   Warren   Patch,    b.    March    2,    1797;    d. 

Sept.  31,  1856. 

552.  Harriet   Tower  Whitney,  b.  May  28,    1789;  d. 

March  16,  1873. 

553.  John  (twin  to  Peter),  b.  Feb.  22,  1799;  d.  Sept.  11, 

1799. 

554.  John,    b.    July    11,    iSoo;    m.    Hulda    T.    Fletcher 

(555)  ;  Matilda  Bowker  (556)  ;  d.  Sept.  5,  1881. 

555.  Hulda  T.   Fletcher,  b.  March   33,  1806;  d.  June 

3.  1S38. 

556.  Matilda  Bowker,   b.  July  20,    1S09  ;    d.  May   16, 

1872. 

557.  Frederick,  b.  March  30,  1802;    d.   Sept.    i,    1831  ; 

unmarried. 


DEA.   JOHN    WOOD    AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  71 

55S.  Dix,  b.  Sept.  14,  1S03  ;  m.  Louisa  Patch  (559). 

559.  Louisa   Patch,  b.  in   New  Salem,  Mass.,  Feb.   10, 

1 80S;  d.  Jan.,  1SS4. 

560.  Martin  Wood,  b.  Feb.  10,  1S06;  d.  Mar.  30,  1837; 

unmarried. 

561.  Carshena,  b.  May  22,    1807;    d.    Aug.    30,    1825; 

unmarried. 

562.  Cynthia,    b.    Sept.    22,    1809;    m.    Abram   Wilder 

(563)  ;  d.  Apr.  8,  1874. 

563.  Abram  Wilder,  b.    in  Bolton,   Mass.  ;  d.  in   Law 

rence,  Kansas. 

564.  Eunice,  b.  Oct.  29,  181 1  ;  d.  Nov.  21,  181 1. 


SIXTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  EDMUND  (546) 


AND 


LUCY  FLETCHER  (545)  FLETCHER. 

565.  Edmund  Dix,  b.  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  Oct.  i,  1823  ;  m. 

Mary   Annette    Lovejoy    (566)  ;     Caroline    Almeda 
Hartwell  (567). 

566.  Mary   Annette    Lovejoy,   b.   in   Wilton,   N.   H., 

Apr.    30,    1829;    m.   Nov.    14,    1850;    d.  Mar.   31, 

1859. 

567.  Caroline  Almeda  Hartwell,  b.  in  West  Dedham, 

Mass.,  Aug.  30,  1827  ;  m.  June  20,  1867. 

568.  Isaac  Allen,  b.   in  Boxboro',  Apr.   20,    1829;    m. 

Mary  E.  Rand  (569). 

569.  Mary  E.    Rand  of   Barnstead,  N.   H.,  b.  Aug.  16, 

1S30. 


72  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  SILAS  (548) 

AND 

SARAH  FLETCHER  (547)  NOURSE. 

570.  Francis  H.,  b.  1S19;  m.  Harriet  Parker  (571). 

571.  Harriet  Parker  of  Lowell,  b.  1820. 

572.  Calvin,  b. ;  m.  Mary  Rebecca  Barnard  (573)  ; 

d. . 

573.  Mary  Rebecca  Barnard,  b.   Aug.  29,    1822  ;    m. 

June  17,  1S45. 

574.  Silas,  b.  ;  d. . 

575.  Mary  Eliza,  b,  ;  m.  Joel  Barnard  (576)  ;  d. 

576.  Joel   Barnard,   b.    Aug.   24,    1820;    m.    Aug.    15, 

1852. 


CHILDREN  OF  PETER  (550) 


BETSEY  W.  PATCH  (551)  FLETCHER. 

577.  John   Patch,  b.  Feb.  16,  1822;  d.  March    11,  1825. 

578.  Isaac  Warren,  b.  Jan.  5,  1824;  m.  Sophia  L.  Hay- 

ward  (579)  ;  Eliza  Josephine  Newhall  (580). 

579.  Sophia  L.  Hayward,  b.   Nov.    12,   1826;  m.   Nov. 

27,  1S51  ;  d.  Sept.  7,  1858. 

580.  Eliza  Josephine  Newhall,  b.  Jan.  3,  1838. 

581.  Lucy   Ann,   b.  Jan.   3,    1827;  m.  Nehemiah  Abbot 

Newhall  (5S2). 

582.  Nehemiah  Abbot  Newhall,  b.  in  Lincoln,  Mass., 

May  26,  1S18;  m.  Nov.  16,  1848. 

583.  John  Sibley,  b.   Sept.    10,  1833  ;  m.  Nancy  Bright 

Tower  (584). 

584.  Nancy  Bright  Tower,  b.  in  Concord,  Mass.,  Dec. 

31,  1834;  m.  July  5,  1859. 

585.  Betsey  Maria,  b.  Nov.  16,  1S35  ;  d.  Jan.  17,  1844. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  73 

CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  FLETCHER  (554) 

BY  FIRST  WIFE 

HULDA  T.  FLETCHER  (555)  FLETCHER. 

586.  HuLDA  Augusta,   b.  Nov.  35,  1S33  ;  d.   March   25, 

1S44. 
5S7.  Rhoda  Maria,  b.  June  3,  1S38  ;  d.  June  6,  1838. 

BY  SECOND  WIFE 

MATILDA  BOWKER  (556)  FLETCHER. 

58S.  Josephine  Matilda,  b.  Nov.  17,  1S40. 

589.  John  Herbert,  b.  Oct.  8,  1S42  ;  d.  Sept.  19,  1864. 

590.  Augustine  Alford,  b.   Oct.   19,  1844;  m.  Maggie 

Sarah  Cheney  Boyd  (591). 

591.  Maggie    Sarah    Cheney   Boyd,    b.  on  Mississippi 

River,  opposite  Memphis,   Tenn.,   Feb.    17,   1846; 
m.  Jan.  10,  I870. 
593.  Edwin  Dix,  b.  March  31,  1847;  d.   Sept.    11,    1850. 

593.  Elwin  Bowker,  b.  Nov.  25,  1849  !  "^-  Sarah  H.  Red- 

t^ing  (594). 

594.  Sarah  H.  Redding,  b.  at  Beaver  Dam,  Wisconsin, 

March  16,  1850;  m.  Jan.  18,  1877. 


CHILDREN  OF  DIX  (558) 

AND 

LOUISA  PATCH  (559)  FLETCHER. 

595.  Mary  Louisa,  b. ,  1833  ;  d. ,  1833. 

596.  Frances  Eliza,  b.  and  d.  in  Lowell, ,  1833. 

597.  Louisa,  b.  and  d. ,  1835. 

598.  Georgia  Carolina,   b.   in   Savannah,  Ga.,  May  38, 

1838  ;  m.  Henry  G.  Cole  (599). 

599.  Henry  G.  Cole,  ;  m.  Aug.  35,  1859;  d. 

600.  Eliza  Hastings,  b.  Jan.  39,  1843  !  i^^-  Lawrence  E. 

Emmons  (601). 

601.  Lawrence  E.  Emmons, ;  m.  May  17,  1866. 

603.  Louise  Eastman,  b.  Sept.  7,  1848. 

6 


74  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  ABRAM   (563) 

AND 

CYNTHIA  FLETCHER  (562)  WILDER. 

603.  Lucy  Martin,   b.   May   17,    1837  ;    m.  Briaton  W. 

Woodward  (604)  ;  d.  July  25,  1865. 

604.  Brinton  W.  Woodward, ;  m.  Oct.  29,  1859. 

605.  Abraham  M.,  of  San  Francisco,  California,   b.  May 

3,  1840;   m.  Mary  E.  Jenkins  (606). 

606.  Mary  E.  Jenkins,  b.  in  Lockport,  111.,  Feb.  9,  1842 

607.  George    Peter,    b.  Dec.    20,    1844;    m.  Eliza   M. 

Ci'ew  (60S). 

608.  Eliza  M.  Crew, ;  m.  Nov.  28,  1867. 


SEVENTH   GENERATION. 


CHILD  OF  EDMUND  DIX  (565) 

and 

MARY  ANNETTE  LOVEJOY  (566)  FLETCHER. 

609.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  27,  1854. 


CHILD  OF  ISAAC  ALLEN  (568) 

AND 

MARY  E.  RAND  (569)  FLETCHER. 
610.  Anna  Dix,  b.  July  25,  1864. 


CHILD  OF  CALVIN  (572) 


MARY  REBECCA   BARNARD  (573)  NOURSE. 

611.  Mary  Rebecca,   b.  June   12,  1846;  m.  Herbert  H. 

Ceiley  (612). 

612.  Herbert  H.  Ceiley,  ;  m.  Feb.  12,  1879. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  75 

CHILDREN  OF  ISAAC  WARREN  FLETCHER  (578) 

BY    FIRST    WIFE 

SOPHIA  L.  HAYWARD  (579)  FLETCHER. 

613.  George   Warren,  b.   Sept.    2,   1852 ;  d.  Aug.    16, 

1853- 

614.  George    Hayward,   b.  Dec.    15,    1854;    m.  Lizzie 

Isabella  Clapp  (615). 

615.  Lizzie  Isabella  Clapp,   b.  in  Everett,  Mass.,  June 

22,  1856;  m,  Aug.  30,  1877. 

BY    SECOND    WIFE   ' 

ELIZA  JOSEPHINE  NEWHALL  (5S0)  FLETCHER. 

616.  Caroline  Sophia,  b.  March  28,  1861. 

617.  Mary  Eliza,  b.  Dec.  12,  1862. 

618.  Lucy  Maria,  b.  Nov.  27,  1864. 

619.  Herbert  Martin,  b.  Sept.  12,  1866. 

620.  Francis  Edwin,  b.  Nov.  22,  1868. 

621.  Charles  Edmund  Dix,  b.  March  15,  1873. 
632.  Clifton  Newhall,  b.  Sept.  19,  1877. 


CHILDREN  OF  NEHEMIAH  ABBOT  (582) 


AND 


LUCY  ANN  FLETCHER  (581)  NEWHALL. 

623.  Sarah  Mariah,  b.  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  Nov.  26, 

1849  ;  d.  Jan.  28,  1876. 

624.  Josephine,  b.  in  Stow,  Mass.,  May  34,  1854. 

625.  Charles  Fletcher,  b.  in  Stow,  Sept.  5,  1856;  d. 

Aug.  23,  1858. 

626.  Ella   Frances,  b.   in   Stow,  May  9,  1862  ;  d.  Apr. 

6,  1881. 


76  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  AUGUSTINE  ALFORD  (590) 

AND 

MAGGIE  SARAH   CHENEY  BOYD  (591)  FLETCHER. 

627.  Matilda  Boyd,  b.  in  Marietta,  Ga.,  Sept.  16,  1873; 

d.  Feb,  10,  1874. 

628.  Mary  Louisa,  b.  Oct.  14,  1S75. 

629.  Maggie  Boyd,  b.  Sept.  8,  18S0. 


CHILDREN  OF  ELWYN  BOVVKER  (593) 

AND 

SARAH  H.  REDDING  (594)  FLETCHER. 

630.  John  Herbert,  b.  March  3,  1878  ;  d.  July  8,  1879. 

631.  Elwyn  Redding,  b.  March  2,  1879. 

632.  George  Elwyn,  b.  Aug.  23,  1880;  d.  Jan.  13,  1882. 

633.  Frederick  Dix,  b.  Oct.  13,  1882. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  G.   (599) 

AND 

GEORGIA  C.  FLETCHER  (59S)  COLE. 

634.  Mary  Warren,  b.  June  3,  i860. 

635.  Daniel  Webster,  b.  May  10,  1863. 

636.  Maude  Hastings,  b.  Jan.  16,  1S66. 

637.  Henry  Green,  b.  May  6,  1869. 

638.  DeWitt  Clinton,  b.  June  26,  1871. 


CHILDREN  OF  LAWRENCE  E.   (601) 

AND 

ELIZA  HASTINGS  FLETCHER  (600)  EMMONS. 

639.  Lawrence  Earle,  b.  Feb.  15,  1867. 

640.  LiLLiE  Fletcher,  b.  Feb.  25,  1868. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  77 

CHILD  OF  BRINTON  W.  (604) 

AND 

LUCY  MARTIN  WILDER  (603)  WOODWARD. 
641.  Mary,  b.  Jan.  8,  1863. 


CHILD  OF  GEORGE  PETER  (607) 

AND 

ELIZA  M.  CREW   (608)  WILDER. 
642.  Annie,  b.  Oct.  19,  1868. 


CARSHENA  WOOD. 

Carshena  Wood  (510),  son  of  Dea.  John  and  Lucy 
(Martin)  Wood,  was  a  man  of  ability,  but  had  no  ambi- 
tion for  public  display  so  far  as  he  was  concerned,  and 
avoided,  if  possible,  every  public  office. 

He  was  an  ingenious  man,  learned  the  cooper's  trade, 
but  was  always  a  farmer.  He  first  settled  in  Ashby, 
Mass.,  but  upon  the  death  of  his  brother  John,  he  sold 
his  estate  there,  and  was  settled  upon  the  homestead  of 
his  father,  grandfather,  and  great-grandfather,  and 
resided  in  the  house  buUt  for  his  brother  John,  near  the 
house  of  his  father,  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

He  never  occupied  the  fine  residence  of  his  father, 
although  it  was  long  in  his  possession  after  his  parents' 
decease. 

He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  was  punctiliously 
exact  in  all  his  engagements,  and  dealt  honorably  with 
every  one, — was  a  good  neighbor  and  townsman,  an 
early  member  and  regular  attendant  of  his  church. 

His  descendants  are  numerous  and  scattered. 


y8  JOHN    H.    WOOD 

JOHN   H.   WOOD. 

John  H.  Wood  (658),  son  of  Carshena  and  Tryphena 
Lawrence  Wood,  whose  portrait  appears  in  this  volume, 
was  born  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Dec.  4,  1816.  When  about 
fourteen  years  of  age  he  was  engaged  with  his  brother 
Carshena  on  the  steamer  General  Lincoln,  plying  between 
Boston  and  Hingham. 

Afterwards  made  a  brief  stay  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  and 
attended  a  seminary  in  Manchester,  Vt. 

He  then  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade,  with  his 
brother-in-law,  B.  W.  Priest,  and  continued  in  that  business 
until  he  left  the  States,  in  Feb.,  1846,  the  latter  part 
of  the  time  as  foreman  of  John  Fletcher's  manufactory, 
Acton,  Mass. 

In  June,  1841,  he  married  Lucy  Amanda  Priest, 
daughter  of  Benj.  Priest  of  Boxboro',  Mass.,  arid  sister 
of  B.  W.  Priest,  who  had  previously  married  John's  sister, 
Eunice  Martin  Wood. 

John's  wife  died  May,  1845,  and  her  three  sisters, 
within  a  few  months,  all  of  consumption.  No  children 
by  this  marriage. 

The  next  year,  Feb.  1846,  he  sailed  from  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  in  the  Hermaphrodite  Brig  Henry,  155  tons, 
Capt.  Kilborn,  bound  for  Oregon,  via  Cape  Horn  and 
the  Sandwich  Islands,  with  a  crew  of  thirteen,  including 
stewardess  and  cabin  boy,  eighteen  passengers,  among 
whom  was  his  brother,  Oral  J.  R.  Wood,  W.  L.  Lee, 
subsequently  Chief  Justice  and  Chancellor  of  the 
Hawaiian  Kingdom,  Charles  R.  Bishop,  now  the  wealthy 
banker  there. 

The  passage  was  very  long,  tedious,  and  somewhat 
eventful.     Said  the  subject  of  this  sketch  to  the  writer  : 

''  South  of  the  Equator,  in  the  Atlantic,  our  crew  mutinied 
while  the  Captain  was  dangerously  sick,  and  were  only  pre- 
vented from  throwing  the  chief  mate  overboard  by  my  brother. 


ex^^s:^ 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  79 

myself,  and  two  other  passengers,  while  in  the  act,  with  his 
body  over  the  rail.  This  necessitated  our  putting  into  St.  Cath- 
erine, Brazil,  —  part  of  our  crew  in  irons,  where  our  first 
mate,  wife,  child,  and  a  maiden  lady  passenger,  left  and  returned 
to  the  States.  We  were  46  days  oft'  Cape  Horn,  battling  with 
adverse  winds,  storms  of  rain,  snow  and  sleet ;  at  one  time  with 
two  feet  of  snow  on  deck ;  at  another,  every  block,  sheave, 
rope  and  sail  frozen  solid  and  covered  with  ice  to  twice  their 
thickness  ;  at  another  time,  40  hours,  dragged  (vessel  made  fast 
by  long  hawser  to  heavy  oak  planks,  to  keep  her  head  to  the 
wind  while  she  rode  mountainous  waves).  We  were  two 
weeks  without  an  observation  by  day  or  night,  —  our  last  was 
in  63°  South  ;  after  which  were  driven  south  and  east  until  near 
Palmer's   land,  and  talked  of  going  round  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

Passengers  had  to  break  out  cargo,  almost  daily,  to  get  wood 
to  cook  their  food  ;  had  to  stand  watch  of  mate  and  men  sick 
and  disabled  ;  got  out  of  very  many  articles  of  provisions  while 
oft'  the  Horn,  and  were  short  of  wood,  water  and  provisions 
to  port ;  and,  before  reaching  it  had  burned  all  the  spare  spars, 
booms  and  berth  material  in  the  vessel.  Reached  the  Sandwich 
Islands  after  a  passage  of  231  days,  having  sailed  in  that  cockle- 
shell nearly  twenty-five  thousand  miles,  and  found  we  had  been 
preceded  by  a  report  from  the  mate  left  in  Brazil,  that  passen- 
gers and  crew  had  taken  money  and  goods  put  on  board  for  the 
missionaries  at  the  Islands,  hoisted  the  black  flag,  and  were 
gone  in  pursuit  of  further  booty. 

Soon  after  landing  I  erected  the  first  brick  building  in  Hono- 
lulu, and  opened  a  shoe  store  in  connection  with  manufacturing 
with  material  I  brought  with  me,  and  such  as  I  could  pick  up, 
until  I  could  get  orders  filled  from  the  United  States,  which 
required  from  17  to  20  months  ;  continued  that  business  nineteen 
years  and  ten  months  successfully. 

Upon  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California,  my  brother  Oral 
and  myself,  and  six  others,  formed  a  company  and  went  to 
mining  there.  In  August,  1849,  I  went  via  Isthmus  to  Massa- 
chusetts, purchased  a  stock  of  goods,  married  in  November  the 
only  daughter  of  Jacob  Hardy  of  Salem,  Mass.,  and  with  her 
and  a  cousin,  Jacob  Hardy,  now  District  Judge  on  the  Island  of 
Kauai,    came    again    around    Cape    Horn    in    the    good    ship 


8o  JOHN    H.    WOOD 

Charles^  Capt.  Andrews,  arriving  in  Honolulu  in  May,  1850, 
after  a  very  pleasant  passage. 

When  I  left  California  for  the  east,  my  brother  Oral  returned 
to  Honolulu  and  took  charge  of  my  business.  When  I  returned 
he  took  the  situation  of  Prefect  of  Police,  or  Deputy  Marshal 
and  Deputy  District  Attorney,  which  he  held  for  some  years, 
when  he  had  realized  a  handsome  little  fortune. 

I  bought  in  1S51,  a  house  lot  200  ft.  square,  in  Honolulu, 
and  ordered  a  house  got  out  in  Boston,  sending  for  a  carpenter, 
Mr.  C.  E.  Williams,  who  had  married  my  sister  HaiTiet,  to 
attend  to  its  preparation  and  shipm.ent,  and  to  come  out  with  it 
if  he  chose  and  put  it  up.  This  he  did,  coming  with  his  wife 
around  the  Horn,  and  has  since  been  in  the  furniture  and  under- 
taking business  here.  In  1S56  or  '7,  I  sent  for  my  youngest 
brother,  Henry,  who  entered  my  employ  as  bookkeeper  and 
salesman,  and  continued  with  me  some  eight  or  nine  years,  the 
latter  part  of  the  time  taking  entire  charge  of  my  business  in 
town. 

My  first  child,  Florence  Amanda^  was  born  March  25,  1S51, 
and  my  daughter,  Stella  May,  was  born  May  i,  1856.  Two 
sons  died  in  infancy. 

In  November,  1S57,  my  wife  and  two  daughters  took  passage 
in  the  fine  clipper  ship  John  Gilfin^  bound  to  Boston,  for  a 
visit  to  home  and  friends  in  Massachusetts.  Oft'  Cape  Horn  at 
2  A.  M.,  the  ship  struck  an  iceberg,  springing  a  leak,  and  at  4 
P.  M.,  next  day  went  down.  Fortunately,  a  large  old  East 
Indiaman,  British,  Capt.  Scott,  was  sighted  the  morning  after 
the  collision,  saw  the  signal  of  distress,  bore  down,  and  though 
a  very  heavy  sea  running,  sent  boats  well  manned  and  took  off' 
passengers  and  crew  in  safety.  Bedding  was  thrown  in  the 
boat  and  my  wife  and  children  tossed  from  a  port  on  to  it.  leaving 
all  their  clothing,  valuables,  presents  for  friends,  &c.,  behind; 
but  very  fortunately,  through  my  wife's  thoughtfulness,  saving 
$5,000.00  in  gold  coin  I  had  placed  in  charge  of  the  Captain  as 
a  remittance  to  my  agent  in  Boston.  The  English  ship  (Here- 
fordshire)^ from  Valparaiso  for  London,  on  account  of  so  large 
an  addition  to  her  numbers,  put  into  Bahia  for  supplies,  where 
a  part  of  the  Gilpin's  passengers  took  passage,  through  the 
American  Consul,  for  New  York,  while   my  family  and  some 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  8l 

others  continued  on  in  the  Herefordshire  for  London.  vSome 
days  out  from  Bahia,  on  a  calm  day,  they  fell  in  with  the  small 
clipper  ship  Sunny  South,  bound  to  New  York.  Capt. 
Scott  had  his  family  on  board  ;  the  ships  '  spoke '  each  other 
and  Mrs.  S.  requested  that  the  Captain  of  the  Stinny  South  be 
invited  on  board  to  lunch,  which  was  accepted,  and  during  his 
stay,  wrecked  passengers  were  alluded  to,  which  resulted  in  their 
being  offered  a  passage  to  New  York.  Accepted  and  arrived 
in  safety. 

It  had  been  arranged  that  I  should  meet  my  family  in  May, 
via  California  and  the  Isthmus,  in  Boston.  While  crossing  the 
Isthmus  in  the  cars,  and  perusing  a  paper  bought  in  Panama,  I 
saw  a  notice  of  the  '  wreck  oft'  Cape  Horn  of  the  John  Gil- 
fin.  No  particulars.'  You  can  possibly  imagine  my  feelings 
and  anxiety  from  that  time  until  I  reached  New  York,  where 
letters  awaited  me. 

After  a  visit  to  home  and  friends,  the  family  returned  to 
Honolulu,  where  the  wife  and  mother  died  in  January,  iS6o." 

In  1863,  Mr.  Wood  took  charge  of  his  sugar  planta- 
tion, 2  1-2  miles  from  Honolulu,  where  he  continued  the 
cultivation  of  cane  and  the  manufacture  of  sugar  until 
187 1,  when  he  turned  it  into  a  stock  and  dairy  farm. 

He  married  third  wife,  widow  Lucy  Ann  Houghton,  nee 
Hobert.  He  resides  upon  a  portion  of  his  town  property 
in  Honolulu,  a  man  of  integrity  and  influence. 

His  oldest  daughter,  Florence  A.,  married  Pierre  Jones, 
now  in  mercantile  business,  and  resides  at  Lahaina, 
Island  of  Maui,  Hawaiian  Islands.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  a  university,  was  a  teacher  of  English,  French  and 
German  for  some  years,  and  speaks  Italian,  Spanish,  and 
Hawaiian.  His  father,  Thomas  G.  Jones,  was  principal 
of  a  military  school  at  St.  Petersburg,  married  a  Russian 
Princess,  by  whom  he  had  the  one  son  and  two  daughters  ; 
one  residing  with  her  father  at  Brussels,  Belgium  ;  the 
other,  the  wife  of  a  banker  at  Amsterdam,  Holland,  and 
mother  of  four  children.  John  H.  Wood  remarked:  "  I 
had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  them  all   at  their  horties  in 


82  CARSHENA    WOOD 

1883,  and  was  highly  gratified  with  their  refinement  and 
amiability." 

The  son  Pierre,  who  married  Florence  A.  Wood,  has 
one  daughter,  born  in  May,  1883,  Mary  Nalanialua ;  the 
latter  name,  by  request  of  her  godmother,  the  Queen 
Dowager  Emma,  its  signification,  —  there  are  two  in 
Heaven. 

John  H.  Wood's  second  daughter,  Stella  May,  married 
Albert  F.  Dixon.  He  entered  the  Navy  as  engineer, 
Oct.,  1870.  His  parents  now  reside  at  West  Medford, 
Mass.  His  father,  John  A.  Dixon,  a  Naval  officer  about 
to  be  retired. 

Albert  F.  is  now  located  at  the  Bureau  of  Engineering, 
Navy  Dept.,  Washington,  D.  C.  Has  one  son,  born 
Sept.,  1875,  named  John  Albert  Wood  Dixon. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  CARSHENA  (510), 

AND 

BETSY  LAWRENCE  (51 0  WOOD. 

643.  Elizabeth,   b.  in  Ashby,  Mass.,  Mar.  16,  1803;  m. 

Alvah   Mansur    (644)  ;    Alfred  Whittredge    (645)  ; 
Samuel  C.  Pratt  (646)  ;  d.  Sept.  5,  1862. 

644.  Alvah  Mansur,  b.   Mar.  35,  1801,  in  Temple,  N. 

H.  ;  merchant  of  Lowell,  Mass.  ;  d.  Nov.  i,  1840. 

645.  Alfred  Whittredge  of  Lowell ;  d.  in  Cuba,  W.  I. 

646.  Samuel  C.  Pratt,  b.  Aug.  6,  1S08,  in  Marlboro', 
Vt. ;  d.  July  37,  1873. 

647.  Lucy,  b.  in  Ashby,  Mar.  i,  1S05  ;  d.  Apr.  33,  1840. 
64S.  Carshena,  b.   in  Ashby,  Jan.  6,  1S07;  d.   Nov.  20, 

iS37- 
649.  Mary,    b.    in   Ashby,    Oct.    36,    1808;    m.    Francis 
Wood    (650)  ;  Hervey  Wood    (651.)  ;    d.   Apr.    23, 
1879  ;  childless. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  83 

650.  Francis  Wood,  b.  Jan.  i,  1S03  !  ^^-  Feb.  28,  1838. 

651.  Hervey  Wood,  b.  Feb.  11,  1805;  d.  Aug.  33,  1884. 
653.  Maria,   b.    in  Ashby,   Sept.    13,    1810;    m.  Kilburn 

Smith  (653)  ;   d.  Mar.  19,  1855. 
653.  Kilburn  Smith   of  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  H.  ;  d.  Oct.  13, 
1881. 


CHILDREN  OF  CARSHENA  (510) 

AND 

TRYPHENA  LAWRENCE  (513)  WOOD. 

654.  Betsy,  b.  June  8,  1S13  ;  d.  Aug.  30,  1812. 

655.  Sarah  L.,  b.  July  16,  1813  ;  m.  Rufus  Keyes  (656)  ; 

d.  Sept.  20,  1883. 
6^6.  Rufus  Keyes  of  West  Boylston,  Mass.,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1804;  d.  May  11,  1S69. 

657.  Eunice,  b.  Dec.  iS,  1815  ;  d.  Jan.  18,  1816. 

658.  John  H.,  b.   in  Littleton,  Dec.  4,  1816;  m.  Lucy  A. 

Priest  (659)  ;  Sarah  W.  Hardy  (660)  ;  widow  Lucy 
Ann  Houghton  (661). 

659.  Lucy  Amanda  Priest  of  Boxboro',  b. ,  1819; 

d.  May  3,  1S45. 

660.  Sarah  W.   Hardy  of   Salem,   Mass.  ;  d.  at  Hono- 

lulu, Oahu,  Hawaiian  Islands,  Jan.,  i860. 

661.  Mrs.  Lucy  Ann  Houghton,  7zee  Hobert. 

663.  Eunice  Martin,  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Jan.  4,  1819  ; 
m.  Benjamin  Wetherbee  Priest  (663)  ;  has  done 
much  to  collect  the  records  of  her  father's  family. 

663.  Benjamin  Wetherbee  Priest,   b.   Feb.   13,  1817; 

residence,  Littleton,  Mass.,  near  the  Wood  Home- 
stead. 

664.  Timothy   Lawrence,  b.  July  9,  1821  ;  m.  Mary  H. 

Richardson  (665)  ;  and  Caroline  M.  Haynes  (666)  ; 
d.  vSept.  6,  1874;  was  a  Captain  in  the  Union  Army 
in  the  Civil  War. 

665.  Mary  H.  Richardson    of  Dracut,   Mass. ;  b.  Nov. 

24,  1825  ;  d.  in  Illinois. 


84  CARSHENA    WOOD 

666.  Caroline  M.  Haynes,  b.  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  in 

1S37. 

667.  Oral  J.   Reed,  b.   July   12,    1S24;    m.   Ann  Marie 

Whitcomb  {66S). 

668.  Ann   Marie   Whitcomb,    of   Boxboro,    Mass.,    b. 

May  II,  1S34. 

669.  Isaac,  b.   in  Boxboro,  Feb.   25,   1827;    m.   Harriet 

Maria  Benson  (670) . 

670.  Harriet  Maria  Benson,  b.  Apr.  22,  1826,  on  Mar- 

shall's Island,  Maine  ;  d.  Nov.  4,  1884. 

671.  Nathan  Henry,  b.  in  Boxboro,  May  22,  1828;  m. 

Ella  Floretta  Nutting  (672) . 

672.  Ella   Floretta  Nutting,   of  Francestown,  N.  H. 

673.  Harriet  Augusta,  b.  in  Boxboro,  Apr.  i,  183 1  ;  m. 

Charles  Edward  Williams  (674). 

674.  Charles   Edward  Williams,  b.  in  Hatley,  Canada 

East,  Province  of  Qiiebec,  of  American  parents. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  ELIZABETH  WOOD  (643) 

BY  FIRST  HUSBAND, 

ALVAH  MANSUR  (644), 

all  born  in  LOWELL,  MASS. 

675.  Alvah,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1829;  d.  Sept.  3,  1832. 

676.  Warren  Wood,  b.  Oct.  18,  1831  ;  d.  Aug.  27,  1832. 

677.  Alvah,  Jr.,  3d  son,  b.  Dec.   5,    1S33  ;  ni.   Angeline 

P.  Blackington  (678). 

678.  Angeline  P.   Blackington;    m.   Oct.    i,   1863,  in 

Homer,  N.  Y.  ;  d.  Mar.  17,  1S70.  in  Kansas  City, 
■   Mo. 

679.  Ellen   Elizabeth,    b.    Oct.    12,    1835;    m.    Lewis 

Bates  Tebbetts  (680) . 

680.  Lewis  Bates   Tebbetts,  b.  in  Great  Falls,  N.  H., 

Aug.  30,  1834. 


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AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  85 

681.  Charles  Warren,  b.   May  31,    1837;  d.  July  20, 

183S. 

682.  Joseph,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1889. 

BY  THIRD  HUSBAND, 

SAMUEL  C.  PRATT  (646). 

683.  Charles    Eddy,  of   Boston,   Mass.,    b.   in  Lowell, 

Mass.,  May  16,  1852  ;  m,  Elmira  I.  Hale  (684). 

684.  Elmira  I.  Hale,  b.  in  Haverhill,  May  10,  1855. 


CHILD  OF  KILBURN  (653) 

AND 

MARIA  WOOD  (652)  SMITH. 
685.  Agnes  Maria,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  b.  May  11,  1836. 


CHILDREN  OF  RUFUS  (656) 

and 

SARAH  L.  WOOD  (655)  KEYES. 

686.  Henry  Warren,  of  Monticello,  111.,  b.    Dec.   26, 

1849,  in  Littleton,  Mass.  ;  m.  Agnes  Stephens. 

687.  Agnes    Stephens,    b.    Aug.    10,    1849,    in   Bristol, 
England. 

688.  Ellen  Maria,  b.  May  7,  1851. 

689.  Charles  Herbert,  b.  Jan.    14,    1854;  d.  July  22, 

1863. 

690.  Lewis  Grafton,  b.  Mar.  14,  1856  ;  d.  July  17,  1863. 

691.  Sarah  Annis,  b.  Apr.   i,  1858;  m.  Otis  Kittredge 

(692). 

692.  Otis   Kittredge,  b.   in    Shirley,  Mass.,    Sept.    17, 

1852. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  H.   (658) 

and 

SARAH  WHEAT  HARDY  (660)  WOOD. 

693.  Florence  Amanda,   b.   Mar.    25,   1851  ;  m.  Pierre 
Jones  (694). 


86  CARSHENA    WOOD 

694.  Pierre  Jones  ;  res.  Lahaina,  Island  of  Maui,  Hawai- 

ian Islands. 

695.  Stella  May,   b.  May  i,    1856;  m.   Albert  Ferman 

Dixon  (696). 

696.  Albert  Ferman  Dixon,  of  U.  S.  Navy  ;  b.  in  Kit- 

tery.  Me. 

697.  Two  sons  who  died  in  infancy. 


CHILDREN  OF  BENJAMIN  W.   (663) 

AND 

EUNICE  MARTIN  WOOD  (662)  PRIEST. 

698.  Carshena  Trevanian  Priest,  b,  Dec.  2,  1S37  '  ^• 

March  4,  1838. 

699.  Oren  Adelbert,   b.  Nov.    16,  1839;  ""'•   Mary  A. 

Vanaman  (700). 

700.  Mary  A.   Vanaman,  b.  in  Wilmington,  N.  C.  ;  d. 

Nov.  26,  1884;  aged  43. 

701.  Arabella  Wood,  b.  June  30,  1S41  ;  m.  George  F. 

Keyes  (702). 

702.  George  F.  Keyes,  son  of  Ivory  and  Lucy  Keyes,  b. 

in  Acton,  Mass.,  Jan'y  27,  1838. 


CHILDREN  OF  TIMOTHY  LAWRENCE  (664) 

AND 

MARY  HAZELTON  RICHARDSON  (665)  WOOD. 

703.  Nathan  L.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1847;  d.  Sept.  13,  1848. 

704.  Annette  E.,  b.  in  Boxboro,  Jan.  31,  1849;  ^-  Apr. 

9,  1874;   she   m.  Henry  Howard  (705). 

705.  Henry  Howard,  b.  in  New  York. 

706.  Martha  Rhoenah,  b.    in   Dracut,   May  14,    1850; 

m.    Elisha    Haven   Winters ;     he   was    b.    July    24, 
1834,  in  Logan  Co.,  Ohio. 

707.  Carshena,  b.  in  Littleton,  May  28,  1S52  ;  m.  Mary 

A.  Doyle  ;  has  five  children. 

708.  Mary  A.  Doyle,  b.  Sept.  16,  1854,  ^^  Cherry  Valley, 
111. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  87 

709.  Artemas  Clinton,   b.  June   1S5-;  d.  1856,  in  Illi-. 

nois. 

710.  Charles  Henry,  b.  in  Byron,  111.,  May  8,  1856;  d. 

in  West  Los  Animas,  Colorado,  Apr.  27,  1881. 

BY   second    wife, 

CAROLINE  M.  HAYNES  (666). 

711.  Welma  Lawrence,  born  in  Boxboro,  Mass.,  Dec. 

21,  18 — . 


CHILDREN  OF  ORAL  REED  (667) 
and 
ANN  MARIE  WHITCOMB  (668)  WOOD. 

712.  Arthur   Oral,  b.   in    Honolulu,    Oahu,    Hawaiian 

Islands,  June  19,  1854. 

713.  Agnes  Leora,  b.   in  Honolulu,  Oahu,  H.  I.,  Nov. 

15,  1856;  m.  Thompson  Kossuth  White  (714)- 

714.  Thompson  Kossuth  White,  b.  in  N.  Y.  city,  1852  ; 

m.  in  Stockton,  California,  June  26,  1884. 

715.  Charles  Oren,  b.  in  Acton,  Mass,  Oct.  9,  1859. 

716.  Eugene  Austin  Carshena,  b.  in  Honolulu,  Oahu, 

H.  I.,  Aug.  7,  1864. 


CHILDREN  OF  NATHAN  HENRY  (671) 


AND 


ELLA  FLORETTA  NUTTING  (672)  WOOD. 

717.  Cora  Floretta,  b.  Apr.  27,  1873. 

718.  Allen  Henry,  b.  May  30,  1881  ;  d.  Aug.  7,  1881. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  EDWARD  (674) 

AND 

HARRIET  AUGUSTA  WOOD  (673)  WILLIAMS. 

719.  Edward  Austin,  b.  June  24,  1854,  in  the  town  of 
Maitland,  New  South  Wales,  Australia;  m.  Phoebe 
A.  Hathaway  (720). 


88  CARSHENA    WOOD 

720.  Phcebe  a.  Hathaway,  b.  in  Springfield,  111.,  May 

6,  1853- 

721.  Henry  Herbert,  b.  May  9,  1856,  in  the  township 

of  Castlemain,  Victoria,  Australia. 

722.  Lelia    Isabel,    b.    Sept.    18,    1S59,    i^    Honolulu, 

Oahu,  Hawaiian  Islands. 

723.  Charles  Carshena,  b.  Aug.  15,  1861,  in  Honolulu, 

Oahu,  H.  I.  ;  d.  Sej^t.  6.  1877,  at  San  Luis  Obispo, 
Cal.,  U.  S.  A. 

724.  Charlotte  Augusta,   b.   Nov.   20,  1S63,  in  Hono- 

lulu, Oahu,  H.  I. 

725.  Harriet   Eloise,  b.  Jan.    19,    1S66,    in    Honolulu, 

H.  I.  ;  d.  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Nov.  14,  1884. 

726.  Daisy  Lucenia,  b.  May  6,  1S6S,  in  Honolulu,  H.  I. 

727.  Ada  May  Williams,  b.  Dec.  22,  1S73,  in  Honolulu, 

H.  I. 


SEVENTH   GENERATION. 


CHILD  OF  ALVAH  (677) 

AND 

ANGELINE  P.  BLACKINGTON  {6jS)  MANSUR. 

728.  Nellie    Blackington,  b.   in  Nevada,    Gilpin  Co., 
Col.,  July  15,  1864. 


CHILDREN  OF  LEWIS  BATES  (680) 

AND 

ELLEN  ELIZABETH  MANSUR  (679)  TEBBETTS. 

729.  Alice,  b.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  Aug.  24,  1858. 

730.  George  Stevens,  b.  in  Woodbury,  Baltimore  Co., 

Md.,  Aug.  8,  1863. 

731.  Ellen   Mansur,    b.    in   Woodbury,    Md.,    Nov.   6, 

1S64. 

732.  Alvah   Mansur,   b.    in   Baltimore,   Md.,  Oct.   16, 

1868. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  So 

733-  Mabel,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md,,  Nov.  i6,  1869. 

734.  Florence,   b.  in  Baltimore,   Md.,  Feb.   2,  1871  ;  d. 

July  7,  1 87 1. 

735.  Rebecca  Homer,   b.   in  Baltimore,   Md.,  Nov.    10, 

1872. 

736.  Grace,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  Aug.  22,  1S74;  d.  June 

24,  1875. 

737.  Lewis  Bates,  Jr.,  )  twins,  b.  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Nov. 

738.  Joseph  Lee,  j  22,  1879. 

Joseph  Lee  d.  Feb.  19,  xS8o;  Lewis  Bates,  Jr.  d. 
Mar.  29,  1880. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  EDDY  (683) 


AND 


ELMIRA  L  HALE  (684)  PRATT. 

739.  Chandler  H.,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Apr.  29,  1876. 

740.  Dana  F.,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  May  20,  18S0. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  WARREN  (686) 


AND 


AGNES  STEPHENS  (687)  KEYES. 

Harry  Mayo,  b.  Oct.  26,  1875,  in  Chicago,  111.  ;  d. 
Oct.  17,  1876. 

741.  Frank  Mayo,  b.  Aug.  17,  1877,  in  Chicago,  III. 

742.  Ida  Florence,  b.  Sept.  12,  1879,  in  Chicago,  111. 
Mildred  Agnes,  b.  Aug.  i,  1884,  in  Mpnticello,  111. 


^  CHILD  OF  OTIS   (692) 

AND 

SARA  ANNIS  KEYES  (691)  KITTREDGE. 

743.  Forrest  Eugene,  b.  Sept.  21,  1883. 

7 


GO  CARSHENA    WOOD 

CHILD  OF  PIERRE  (694) 

AND 

FLORENCE  AMANDA  WOOD  (693)  JONES. 
744.  Marie  Nalanialua,  b.  May  28,  1S83. 


CHILD  OF  ALBERT  FERMAN  (696) 


AND 


STELLA  MAY  WOOD  (695)  DIXON. 
745.  John  Albert  Wood,  b.  Sept.  11,  1875. 


CHILD  OF  OREN  ADELBERT  (699) 


and 


MARY  A.  VANAMAN  (700)  PRIEST. 
746.  Charles  Austin,  b.  Oct.  22,  1865. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  F.  (702) 


and 


ARABELLA  WOOD  PRIEST  (701)  KEYES. 

747.  George  Scott  Winslow,  b.  June  30,  1870. 
74S.  Mattie  Bell,  b.  Nov.  13,  1873. 


CHILDREN  OF  EDWARD  AUSTIN  (719) 


AND 


PHCEBE  A.  HATHAWAY  (720)  WILLIAMS. 

749.  Rena  Alice,  b,  in  Honolulu,  H.  I.,  Oct.  34,  1877. 

750.  Charles  Edward,  b.  in   Honolulu,  H.   I.,   Oct.   8, 

1878. 

751.  Francis  William,  b.  in   Honolulu,  H.  I.,  June    12, 

1881. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  9I 

CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  (705) 


AND 


ANNETTE  E.  WOOD  (704)  HOWARD. 

752.  A  Daughter,  b.  Nov.  25,  1S66;  d.  Dec.  10,  1866. 

753.  Monroe  E.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1S69. 

CHILD  OF  ELISHA  H.   (707) 

AND 

MARTHA  R.  WOOD  (706)  WINTERS. 

754.  Janie  Winters,  b.  Aug.  15,  1SS2,  at  Eureka  Springs, 

Carroll  Co.,  Arkansas. 


CHILDREN  OF  CARSHENA  (70S) 

AND 

MARY  A.  DOYLE  (709)  WOOD. 

755.  Oral  James,  b.  Feb.  16,    1875,  in  Seward,  Winne- 

bago Co.,  III. 

756.  Mary  Ellen,  b.  Aug.  13,  1877,  in  Byron,  Ogle  Co., 

111. 

757.  RosiE  Jane,  b.  July  20,  1879,  in  Byron,  Ogle  Co.,  111. 

758.  Lawrence  Clinton,  b.  Aug.  29,  i.SSo,  in  Fomeroy, 

Pocahontas  Co.,  Iowa. 

759.  Maggie  Roena,  b.  May  17,  1882,  in  Pomeroy,  Poca- 

hontas Co.,  Iowa. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  ABEL  (506) 

AND 

SARAH   WOOD  (505)  WHITE. 

CHILDREN. 
ALL    BORN    IN    PHILLIPSTON,  MaSS. 

760.  Two  Sons  and  two  Daughters,  died  in  infancy. 

761.  John,   b.   Oct.   17,  1799;  m.  Amelia  Metcalf  (762)  ; 

d.  Oct.  29,  1852. 


92  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

762.  Amelia  Metcalf,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  b.  Nov.  18, 

1S04;  d.  Sept.  37,  1868. 

763.  Asa,    b.   Sept.    12,    1800;    m.    Mary    Ann    Spooner 

(764)  ;  d.  Dec.  28,  1S74. 

764.  Mary  Ann  Spooner,  b.  in   Templeton,  Mass.,  Nov. 

13,  1807;  d.  June  13,  1865. 
76£;.  Lucy  Martin,  b.  Sept.  24,  iSoi  ;  m.  William  Miller 
(766)  ;  d.  Feb.  15,  1879. 

766.  William  Miller,  of  Provincetown,  Mass.,  b.  May 

4,  1799;  d.  March  19,  1865. 

767.  Polly,  b.  Aug.  16,  1804;  m.  Daniel   Parker  (768)  ; 

d.  Feb.  13,  1866. 

765.  Daniel  Parker,   of  Hubbardston,  b.  in  Westboro, 

Mass.,  March  23,  1799. 

769.  Sally,   b.  Nov.    2,  1806;  m.   Col.  George  W.  Saw- 

yer (770)  ;  d.  Jan.  8,  1874. 

770.  George  W.  Sawyer,  of  Phillipston,  Mass.,  b.  July 

18,  1807. 

771.  Nancy,  b.  May  19,    1808;  m.   Baxter   Swan    (772); 

b.  Sept.  6,  1872. 

772.  Baxter   Swan,  of   Phillipston,  Mass. ,   b.  Aug.    16, 

1806;  d.  Apr.  12,  1873. 

773.  Thomas,    b.    Oct.    19,    1809;    m.   Rosina    Levering 

(774)  ;  Eliza  Stone  (775)  ;  Mary  Tooley  (776)  ;  d. 
Dec.  27,  1884. 

774.  Rosina  Lovering,  b.  in  Phillipston,  Mass.,  Mar.  27, 

1810;  d.  May  21,  1856. 
77^.  Eliza  Stone,  of  Barre,  Mass.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1819;  d. 
Sept.  6,  1871. 

776.  Mary  Jane  Tooley,   of  Barre,   Mass.,  b.    in  New 

Salem,  Sept.  8,  1821  ;  d.  Feb.  11,  1883. 

777.  Antrim,  b.  May  13,  iSii  ;  m.  Lucy  A.  Baker  (77S)  ; 

Rebecca  M.  Howe  (779)  ;  d.  Dec.  14,  1S78. 

778.  Lucy  A.  Baker,  of  Phillipston,  d.  Sept.  10,  1S43. 

779.  Rebecca  M.  Howe,  b.  in  Petersham,   Mass.,  Sept. 

4,  1810. 
7S0.  Abel   Hanson,    b.    Nov.     3,    1814;  m.    Nancy    R. 

Beidoman  (781). 
781.  Nancy  R.  Beidoman,  b.   in  Highland  Co.,  O.,  Feb. 

9,  1817;  no  children. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  93 

782.  William,  b.  July  3,  1816  ;  m.  Rebecca  Evelyn  New- 
ton (783)  ;  Edna  Caroline  Keightley  (784)  ;  d. 
Nov.  14,  1868. 

7S3.  Rebecca  Evelyn  Newton,  of  Phillipston,  b.  Oct. 
19,  1818;  d.  Aug.  I,  1864. 

784.  Edna  Caroline  Keightley,  b.  in  Boston,  England, 
August  7,  1826. 


SIXTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  {761) 

AND 

AMELIA  METCALF  (762)  WHITE. 

785.  Samuel  M.,  b.   in  Providence,  R.  I.,  Aug.  6,  1829; 

m.  Elizabeth  A.  Easton  (786). 

786.  Elizabeth  A.  Easton,  of  Morristown,  N.   J.,  b. 

Jan.  27,  1832. 

787.  John  A.,  b.   in  Willoughby,  O.,  Oct.  10,  1831  ;  m. 

Mary  J.  Anderson  (788). 
78S.  Mary  J.  Anderson,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  b.  Jan.  27, 
1832. 

789.  Mary  R.,  b.  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio,  May  10,  1834; 

m.  Benjamin  F.  Smith  (790)  ;  G.  H.  Redfield  (791)- 

790.  Benjamin  F.  Smith,  of  Muskingum  Co.,  O.,  b.  May 

22,  1829;  d.  June  23,  1865,   in  U.   S.  service,   20th 
Illinois  Regiment, 

791.  G.  H.   Redfield,  of   Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  b.   Jan.  7, 

1819. 

792.  Sarah,   b.   in  Lafayette,   Stark    Co.,   111.,   Nov.    21, 

1839;  m.  Thomas  D.  Church  (793). 

793.  Thomas  D.  Church,  of  St.  Lawrence,  Jeflerson  Co., 

N.  Y.,  b.  Apr.  II,  1836. 


94  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  ASA  (763) 

AND 

MARY  ANN  SPOONER  (764)  WHITE. 

794.  Mary  Ann  Mason,   b.   in  Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  20, 

1834. 

795.  Sarah  Louisa,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  12,  1843; 

m.  Thomas  H.  Gaut  (796)  ;  d.  Aug.  13,  1880. 

796.  Thomas  H.  Gaut.  of  Hartford,  Conn. 


CHILDREN  OF  WILLIAM  (766) 

AND 

LUCY  MARTIN  WHITE  (765)  MILLER. 

ALL  BORN  IN  PHILLIPSTON,  MASS. 

797.  Lucy  White,  b.  July  29,  1S23. 

798.  William  Atkins,   b.  Aug.    18,   1824;    d.   May  12, 

1849. 

799.  Sarah,  b.   Apr.    11,    1826;    m.  Nathaniel  Y.   Lord 

(800)  ;  d.  Sept.  16,  1854. 

800.  Nathaniel  Y.  Lord,  of  Athol,  b.  Sept.   22,  1819; 

d.  Apr.  29,  1876. 

801.  Elizabeth   Isabella,  b.  Oct.  20,  1827;  m.   Robert 

M.  Miller  (802)  ;  d.  Apr.  28,  1849. 

802.  Robert   M.    Miller,    of    Provincetown,   Mass.,  b. 

Sept.  22,  1822. 

803.  John,  b.  March  7,  1829;  m.  Roena  Cheney  (804). 

804.  Roena  Cheney,  of  Phillipston,   Mass.,  b.  Nov.  12, 

1827. 

805.  Theodore  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  24,  1830;  m.   Harriet 

G.  Goodspeed  (806)  ;  d.  Apr.  16,  1862. 

806.  Harriet  G.  Goodspeed,  b.  in  Hubbardston,  Mass., 

May  16,  1831  ;  d.  Nov.  3,  1865. 

807.  Emily   Jannette,    b.    June    29,    1832 ;   m.    Merrill 

Gage,  of  Athol ;  d.  Aug.  22,  1861. 

808.  Benjamin   Edward,  b.   Feb.   8,    1835 ;    d.  June   3, 

1858. 

809.  Frances  Almira,   b.    Nov.    19,    1836;    m.    Merrill 

Gage  (810)  ;  Gurdon  E.  Beates  (811). 


AND    Ills    DESCENDANTS.  95 

Sio.  Merrill  Gage,  of  Athol,  Mass.,  d.  Oct.  28,  1S65. 
Si  I.  GuRDON  E.   Beates,   of  Junction  City,  Kansas,  b. 
Dec.  4,  1S33,  in  Andes,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y. 

812.  Robert   Soper,  of   Tucson,    Arizona,    b.    Oct.    18, 

1S38  ;  m.  Georgie  Warner  (813). 

813.  Georgie  Warner,  of  Warnersville,  N.  Y. 

S14.   Charles   Henry,  b.  June  12,  1840;  m.  Virginia  A. 
Bigelow  (815). 

815.  Virginia  A.  Bigelow,  b.  in  Belleville,  Jefferson  Co., 

N.  Y.,  July  10,  1837. 

816.  Stephen  Harrison,  b.  Aug.  18,  1842. 

817.  Abbie   Maria,  b.  June  7,    184/].;    m.  Theodore  A. 

Reynolds  (Si 8). 

818.  Theodore  A.  Reynolds,  of  Junction  City,  Kansas, 

b.  in  Orange,  Mass.,  Nov.  7,  1843. 


CHILDREN  OF  DANIEL  (768) 

AND 

POLLY  WHITE  (767)  PARKER. 

ALL  BORN  IN  HUBBARDSTON,  MASS. 

819.  Susan,  b.  Feb.  iS,  1831  ;  d.  Sept.  5,  1863. 

820.  Mary,  b.  Jan.  27,  1833  ;  m.  Henry  T.  Sears  (821)  ; 

Samuel  Estey  (822). 

821.  Henry  T.  Sears,  of  Greenwich,  Mass.  ;   d.  Oct.  3, 

1866. 
S22.  Samuel  Estey,  of  Greenwich,  Mass. 

823.  Melissa,  b.  Aug.  7,  1834;  d.  Dec.  9,  1855. 

824.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  15,  1835  ;  m.  Henry  C.  Work  (825)  ; 

d.  Oct.  2,  1882. 

825.  Henry  C.  Work,  of  Chicago,  111. ;  d. 

826.  Daniel  Webster,  b.  Sept.   26,    1837;  d.  July  24, 

1840. 

827.  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  12,  1839;  ^'  J^^Y  29?  1840. 

828.  Daniel  Webster,  b.  June   13,  1841  ;  m.   Fanny  E. 

Morse  (829)  ;  d.  Oct.  10,  1875. 

829.  Fanny  E.  Morse,  of  Greenwich,  Mass. 


^6  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

830.  Lucy  Augusta,  b.  Oct.  30,  1S43. 

831.  Hattie  Elizabeth,  b.  May  9,  1S45. 

832.  Abel  Otis,  b.  Dec.  20,  1847  ;  m.   widow  Fannie  E. 

M.  Parker,  of  Greenwich,  Mass. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  W.   (770) 

AND 

SALLY  WHITE  (769)  SAWYER, 

OF    PHILLIPSTON,  MASS. 

833.  Henrietta,  b.  Dec.  10,  1829. 

834.  Sereno,  b.   Apr.    11,  1832;  d.  Dec.  31,  1861,  in  U. 

S.  service,  in  2ist  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teers. 

535.  Christopher,  b.  Mar.  17,  1834;  Capt.  Co.  H,  36th 

Regt.   Massachusetts  Volunteers  ;    m.   Mary  S.  Un- 
derbill (836) . 

536.  Mary   S.  Underhill,  b.  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  June 

20,  1844. 
837.  Betsey  Berdille,  b.   Aug.  27,  1836;  m.  Ephraim 
Wyman  Stone  (838) . 

835.  Ephraim  Wyman   vStone,   b.  in  Templeton,  Mass., 

Dec.  5,  1830.     He  was  in  U.  S.  service,  in  the  Civil 
War,  in  21st  Regt.  Mass.  Volunteers. 

839.  Sarah  White,  b.  May  21,  1S39;  d.  Nov.  12,  1841. 

840.  DoRATHY,  b.  May  21,  1841  ;  m.  Eliphalet  W.  Clark 

(841). 

841.  Eliphalet  W.   Clark,  b.  in   Rockport,  Cuyahoga 

Co.,  O.,  Feb.  12,  1S31. 

842.  Abner  Washington,  b,  June   18,  1843;  m.   Olive 

Ward  (843) 

843.  Olive  Ward,  of  Orange,  Mass. 

844.  George  Sawyer,  b.  May  11,  1845. 

845.  Sarah   White,   b.    Oct.    16,    1847  ?    ^^-    Albert  G. 

Bushnell  (846). 

846.  Albert  G.  Bushnell,  b.  in  Phillipston,  Wor.  Co., 

Mass.,   Oct.    17,   1843.     Was  in  U.    S.  service,  in 
53d  Regt.  Mass.  Volunteers,  in  Civil  War. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  97 

S47.  Julia  Louisa,  b.  Mar.  8,  1S50;  m.  Thomas  E.  Ryan 

(S4S). 
848.  Thomas  E.    Ryan,  of  Templeton,  Mass.,  b.  Apr.  3, 

1S48;  d.  July  27,  1S76. 


CHILDREN  OF  BAXTER  (773) 

AND 

NANCY  WHITE  (771)  SWAN. 

849.  Baxter   C,  b.  Mar.  30,  1S34;  m.  Caroline  E.  King 

(850). 

850.  Caroline  E.  King,  b.  Feb.  8,  1835,  i"  Barre,  Mass. 

851.  Abel   Estin,   b.   Mar.    7,    1S43  ;   m.  Bloomy  Holden 

(852)- 
853.  Bloomy  Holden,  b.  in  Rutland,  Mar.  33,  1845. 


CHILDREN  OF  THOMAS  WHITE  (773) 

AND 

ROSINA  LOVERING  (774)  WHITE. 

BY    FIRST    WIFE. 

853.  Helen,    b.    Mar.    14,    1836 ;   m.    George   B.    Lynde 

(S54)- 

854.  George  B.   Lynde,  b.    in   Guilford,   Vt.,   Oct.    33, 

1830;  d.  Dec.  31,  1864. 

855.  Thomas   Hanson,  b.   Nov.    38,  1843  ;  was  in   U.  S. 

service  in  Civil  War,  43nd  Mass.  Infantry  ;  Sergt. 
2nd  Vt.  Battery,  and  afterwards  Capt.  of  Militia 
organized  at  Barre,  Mass.  ;  m.  Mary  E.  Marsh 
(856). 

856.  Mary  E.  Marsh,  b.  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  March  35, 

1840. 

857.  William   Howard,  b.  July  14,  184S  ;  m.  Mary  Ada 

Peese  (858). 

858.  Mary  Ada  Peese,  of  Barre,  Mass. 

859.  Emma   Rosina,  b.  Apr.   37,  1850;  m.   Lewis   Sabin 

Manning  (860). 


q8  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

860.  Lewis    Sabin   Manning,    b.    in    Templeton,  Mass., 
May  3,  1S53. 

BY    SECOND    WIFE, 

ELIZA  STONE  (775)  WHITE. 
S61.  Charles  Asa,  b.  June  15,  1S59  ;  ^^-  ^^^-  ^S'  ^^^^• 


CHILDREN  OF  WILLIAM  (782) 


AND 


REBECCA  EVELYN  NEWTON  (783)  WHITE. 

862.  Victor  Franklin,  b.  in  Bane,  Mass.,  Sept.  16, 
1839  ;  m.  Emily  Yearly  (863)  ;  Mrs.  Louise  Ann 
F.  Rosenfeltd  (864). 

S63.  Emily  Yearly,  b.  in  New  Canton,  Pike  Co.,  111., 
Aug.  23,  1843  ;  d.  Jan.  22,  1875. 

864.  Mrs.   Louise  Ann   F.  Rosenfeltd,  of  Barry,  Pike 

Co.,  111. 

865.  Lucy  Annetta,   b.   in  Phillipston,  Mass.,  Dec.    13, 

1843  ;  m.  Charles  Morehouse  Caldwell  (866). 

866.  Charles  Morehouse  Caldwell,  b.  in  Margeretta, 

Erie  Co.,  Ohio,  Sept.  10,  1S40. 
S67,  Evelyn   Rebecca,  b.   in  Warren,   Mass.,    Nov.   6, 

1849;  m.  Randolph  Randall  Keightley  (868). 
S6S.   Randolph  Randall  Keightley,  b.  in  Columbus, 

Ohio,  Sept.  15,  1839. 
869.  William  Newton,  b.  in  Griggsville,  Pike  Co.,  111., 

Oct.  1 2,,  1862. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  SAMUEL  M.   (785) 

and 

ELIZABETH  A.  EASTON  (786)  WHITE. 

ALL  BORN  IN  LAFAYETTE,  STARK  CO.,  ILL. 

870.  Abel  H.,b.   Sept.  2,   1855;    m.    Mary   E.    Redfield 
(871). 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  99 

871.  Mary  E.  Redfield,  b.  at  Rockavvay,  Morris  Co.,  N. 

J.,    March  17,  1856. 

872.  S.  Maria,  b.  July  29,  1S57  ;  m.  John  Hilliard  (873). 

873.  John  Hilliard,  b.  in  Chicago,  111.,  May  8,  1856. 

874.  Phebe  J.,  b.  Jan.  13,  i860;  d.  Apr.  11,  1S64. 

875.  Stephen  E.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1862. 

876.  Samuel  A.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1866;  d.  Sept.  3,  1868. 

877.  Willie  R.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1869. 

878.  Mabel  V.,  b.  July  23,  1874. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  A.   (787) 

AND 

MARY  J.  ANDERSON  (788)   WHITE. 

879.  John   Hanson,  b.  July  9,   1855  ;  m.  Delia   E.  Jones 

(880). 
8S0.  Della  E.Jones,  b.  in  Lafayette,  Stark  Co.,  111.,  July 

22,  1857. 

881.  Sarah   Emma,  b.  Nov.  17,  1856;  m.  Charles  Abbott 
.  (882). 

882.  Charles  Abbott,   b.    near  latan,   Platte  Co.,  Mo., 

Oct.  26,  1857. 

883.  Minnie  E.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1858;  m.  L.  V.  Snyder 

(884). 

884.  L.  V.  Snyder,  b.  in  Lafayette,  111.,  July  26,  1858. 

885.  M.  Viola,  b.    Sept.    10,   i860;    m.    Charles  Dunbar 

(8S6). 

886.  Charles  Dunbar,   b.   near  Lafayette,  111.,  Oct.  16, 

1859. 

887.  Amelia  A.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1861. 

888.  Harriet  E.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1865  ;  d.  Oct.  14,  1867. 

889.  Charles  F.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1867. 

890.  Luna  J.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1869. 

891.  George  A.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1871. 

892.  Phebe  P.,  b.  July  13,  1872. 

893.  Asa  G.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1874. 

894.  Lucy  B.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1877. 

895.  Francis  L.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1879. 


lOO  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

896.  Frank,  b.  Sept.  i3,  1S81. 

897.  Luna  May,  b.  Feb.  3,  1883. 
89S.  Lizzie  May,  b.  Nov.  25,  1884. 


CHILDREN  OF  MARY  R.  WHITE   (789) 

AND 

BENJAMIN  F.  SMITH   (790). 

BY    FIRST    HUSBAND. 

899.  J.  Franklin,  b.  Oct.  21,  1855  ;  m.  Carrie   M.  Tracy 

(900). 

900.  Carrie  M.    Tracy,  b.  in   Macon   City,  Macon  Co., 

Mo.,  Aug.  20,  1S60. 

THE    following    BORN    IN    LAFAYETTE,  ILL. 

901.  Amelia  L.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1S57. 
992.   Carrie  M.,  b.  July  22,  1S59. 

903.  Jessie  E.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1S61. 

BY    SECOND    husband, 

G.  H.  REDFIELD   (791). 

904.  James  Arthur,  b.  Aug.  2,  186S. 

905.  Mary  A.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1871. 


CHILDREN  OF  THOMAS  D.   (793) 

AND 

SARAH  WHITE  (792)  CHURCH. 

ALL    BORN    IN    LAFAYETTE,    ILL. 

906.  Charles  C,  b.  Nov.  16,    1859;    ^-    ^^^-    81    1S80, 

Lytlia  HolT  (907). 

907.  Lydia  Hoff,  b.  in  Marietta,  O.,  Mar.  15,  1859. 

908.  Wallace  H.,  b.  May  5,  1S61. 

909.  Elmer  E.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1862. 

910.  Ella  A.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1864;  d.  Sept.  2,  1866. 

911.  Nellie  V.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1866. 

912.  Willie  O.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1S6S. 

913.  Mary  J.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1869. 

914.  Sarah  H.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1870. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  lOI 

CHILDREN  OF  THOMAS  H.   (796) 

AND 

SARAH  LOUISA  WHITE  (795)  GAUT. 

ALL    BORN    IN    CHICAGO,    ILL. 

915.  Mary  Spooner,  b.  May  13,  1S6S. 

916.  Mattie  Louisa,  b.  Aug.  15,  1S69;  d.  Mar.  21,  1S74. 

917.  Anna  Evelina,  b.  Jan.  26,  1871. 


CHILD  OF  ROBERT  M.    (802) 

AND 

ELIZABETH  ISABELLA  MILLER  (801)  MILLER. 

91S.  Robert  William,  b.  Aug.,  184S,  in  Phillipston  ;  d. 
Sept.  3,  1848. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  (803) 


AND 


ROENA  CHENEY  (804)  MILLER. 

919.  William,  b.  May  17,  1855;  d.   1855. 

920.  Sara  Isabella,  b.  Dec.  22,  1856. 

921.  John  Edward,  b.  Oct.  9,  1858  ;  m.  Anna  A.  Powers 

(922). 

922.  Anna  A.  Powers,  b.   in  PhilHpston  ;   m.   Sept.   27, 

1883. 


CHILDREN  OF  THEODORE  THOMAS  (805) 

AND 

HARRIET  G.  GOODSPEED  (S06)  MILLER. 

923.  Frank  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  15,  1854. 

924.  William  Theodore,  b.  Aug.  12,  1S56. 
92=;.  Marion  Louise,  b.  May  13,  1862. 


I02  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  MERRILL 

AND 

EMILY  JANNETTE  MILLER  (S07)   GAGE. 

926.  Willie,  b.  and  d.  Apr.  13,  1S57. 

927.  Robert  Merrill,  b.  June  16,  1S59. 


CHILDREN  OF  ROBERT  SOPER  (Si 2) 

AND 

GEORGIE  WARNER  (813)  MILLER. 

928.  Robert  William,  b.  Aug.  19,  1867. 

929.  Maud,  b.  Feb.  28,  1869. 

930.  May  Louise,  b.  Jan.  2,  1872. 


CHILDREN  OF  GURDON  E.   (811) 

AND 

FRANCES  ALMIRA  MILLER  (809)  BEATES. 

931.  Mary  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  26,  1872. 

932.  James  William,  b.  May  25,  1874. 

933.  Emma  Frances,  b.  Sept.  13,  1880. 


CHILD  OF  CHARLES  HENRY  (8x4) 

AND 

VIRGINIA  A.  BIGELOW  (815)  MILLER. 

934.  Anna  Virginia,   b.    Dec.    22,    1865 ;    graduated    in 
Junction  City,  Kansas,  1882. 


CHILDREN  OF  THEODORE  A.   (818) 

AND 

ABBIE  MARIA  MILLER  (817)   REYNOLDS. 

935.  Lenora  Alice  Miller,  b.  Jan.  10,  1871. 

936.  Albert  Theodore,  b.  Mar.  28,  1878. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  IO3 

CHILD  OF  HENRY  T.  (821) 

AND 

MARY  PARKER  (820)  SEARS. 
937.  Nellie  M  ,  b.  Apr.  38,  1865. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  C.   (825) 

AND 

SARAH  PARKER  (824)  WORK. 

938.  Waldo  F.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1859;  ^^-  J"ly  2.  1871. 

939.  Helen  L.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1863. 

940.  Willie  L.,  b.  Dec.    10,  1S61  or  2  ;  d.  July  22,  1S64. 

941.  Clara  Etta,  b.  Apr.  13,  1S68  ;  d.  Aug.  — ,  1868. 


CHILDREN  OF  DANIEL  WEBSTER  (828) 

AND 

FANNY  E.  MORSE  (829)  PARKER. 

942.  Frank  L.,  b.  Oct.  i,  1868, 

943.  Charles  M.,  b.  Jan.  38,  1871  ;  d.  May  14,  1871. 


CHILD  OF  ABEL  OTIS  (832) 

AND 

MRS.  FANNY  E.  M.  PARKER  PARKER. 
944.  Webster  M.,  b.  July  4,  1883. 


CHILDREN  OF  E.  WYMAN  (838) 

AND 

BETSEY  BERDILLE  SAWYER  (837)  STONE. 

945.  Abby  Cook,  b.  July  4,  1859  ;   m.  James  Mason  May- 

nard  (946). 

946.  James  Mason  Maynard,   b.  in   Templeton,  Mass., 

July  19,  1853. 

947.  Helen  Margaret,  b.    Sept.   24,  1863  ;  graduate  of 

State  Normal  School,  Framingham,  Mass. 


I04  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

94S.  Georgk  Sawyer,  b.  Feb.  3,  1866. 

949.  Everett  Wyman,  b.  Sept.  22,  1S68. 

950.  Lydia   Richardson,  b.  Aug.  14,  1871  ;  d.  Aug.  19, 

1873- 

951.  Ralph  Bushnell,  b.  June  4,  18S2. 


CHILD  OF  ELIPHALET  W.   (841) 

AND 

DORATHY  SAWYER  (840)  CLARK. 

952.   ELiPHALteT  William,  b.   in  Middleburgh,   Cuyahoga 
Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  8,  1882. 


CHILDREN  OF  ABNER  WASHINGTON  (842) 

AND 

OLIVE  WARD  (843)  SAWYER. 

953.  Julia  Ward,  b.  Apr.  18,  1869. 

954.  Carrie  Eliza,  b.  Nov.  30,  1871. 

955.  Sallie  White,  b.  June  — ,  18 — . 

956.  Olive ,  b.  Sept.  — ,  1878. 


CHILD  OF  ALBERT  G.   (846) 


and 


SARAH  WHITE  SAWYER  (845)  BUSHNELL. 
957.  Julia  Sawyer,  b.  Apr.  13,  1872. 


CHILD  OF  THOMAS  E.   (848) 

AND 

JULIA  LOUISA  SAWYER  (847)  RYAN. 
958.  Edward  Sawyer,  b.  Mar.  4,  1875. 


CHILDREN  OF  BAXTER  C.   (849) 

AND 

CAROLINE  E.  KING  (850)  SWAN. 

959.  Anna  Belle,  b.  Apr.  3,  1862  ;  m. 

960.  George  Dinsmore,  b.  Aug.  17,  1S66. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  105 

CHILDREN  OF  ABEL  ESTIN  (851) 

AND 

BLOOMY  HOLDEN  (853)  SWAN. 
961.  Ethel  May,  b.  May  39,  1877. 
963.  Lizzie  Florence,  b.  Apr.  4,  18S0;  d.  Sept.  5,  1883. 

963.  Leon  Baxter,  b.  Jan.  19,  1884. 

CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  B.   (S54) 

AND 

HELEN  WHITE  (853)  LYNDE. 

964.  John   Herbert,  b.   in  Gardner,   Feb.    15,  1859;  d. 

Sept.  17,  1861. 

965.  William  Henry,  b.  in   Gardner,  Apr.  35,  i860;  d. 

Sept.  8,  i860. 

966.  Helen   Maria,    b.    in    Brattleboro,    Vt.,    Sept.    17, 

1861  ;  d.  Aug.  3,  1863. 


CHILDREN  OF  THOMAS  HANSON  (855) 

and 

MARY  E.  MARSH  (856)  WHITE. 

967.  Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1861  ;  m.  Frederic  A.  Brigham 

(968). 

968.  Frederic  A.   Brigiiam,  of  Brockton,  Mass.,  b.    in 

Barre,  Mass. 

969.  Helen    Rosina,    b.    May    12,   1863;  m.   Daniel   H. 

Rice  (970). 

970.  Daniel  H.  Rice,  of  Chicago,  III.,  b.  in  Barre,  Mass. 

971.  Everett  Hanson,  b.  May  36,  1873. 
973.  Ada  Maud  Emily,  b.  Nov.  11,  1877. 

CHILDREN  OF  LEWIS  SABIN  (S60) 

AND 

EMMA  ROSINA  WHITE  (859)  MANNING. 

973.  Herbert  Asa,  b.  in  Vineland,  N.  J.,  Nov.  3,  1875. 

974.  Mabel,  b.  in  Vineland,  N.  J.,  June  3,  1S77  ;  d.  July 

ID,  1883. 
9 


I06  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  VICTOR  FRANKLIN  (863) 

AND 

EMILY  YEARLY  (S63)   WHITE. 

975.  George   Franklin,  b.  in  Griggsville,  Pike  Co.,  111., 

Nov.  13,  1863  ;  d.  March  18,  1864. 

976.  Charles  William,  b.  in  Griggsville,  111.,  Aug.  22, 

1S64. 

977.  Linnie   May,   b.   in   Atlas,   Pike   Co.,   111.,   Jan.  31, 

1866. 

978.  LucETTE  Rebecca,  b.  in  Atlas,  111.,  Jan.  10,  1868. 

979.  Michael  Gard,  b.  in  Atlas,  111.,  Sept.  19,  1S69. 
.980.  Lagrange,  b.  in  Atlas,  111.,  Nov.  22,  1871. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  MOREHOUSE  (866) 

and 
LUCY  ANNETTE  WHITE  (865)  CALDWELL. 

981.  Evelyn   Eliza,  b.  in  Griggsville,  111.,  Aug.  2,  1867. 

982.  Jay  Charles,  b.  in  Decatur,  111.,  Sept.  27,  1877  ;  d. 

Oct.  8,  1883. 


CHILDREN  OF  RANDOLPH  RANDALL  (868) 

AND 

EVELINE  REBECCA  WHITE   (867)   KEIGHTLEY. 

9S3.  Beulah    Blanche,  b.   in   Belleview,   Calhoun  Co., 

111.,  Sept.  6,  1872. 
984.  Olive  Ethel,  b.  in  Clarksville,  Pike  Co.,  Mo.,  Oct. 

29,  1874. 


EIGHTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  ABEL  H.   (870) 

AND 

MARY  E.  REDFIELD  (871)  WHITE. 

985.  Samuel  Clyde,  b.  May  8,  1879. 

986.  Victor  Easton,  b.  May  22,  1882. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  107 

CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  (873) 

AND 

S.  MARIA  WHITE  (873)   HILLIARD. 

987.  Stephen  Earle,  b.  in  Lafayette,  III.,  Dec.  11,  1S79. 
988  Grace,  b.  in  Lafayette,  111.,  Oct.  27,  18S3. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  M.   (946) 

AND 

ABBY  COOK  STONE  (945)  MAYNARD. 

9S9.   Helen  Janette,  b.  Aug  16,  1881. 
990.  Elsie  Agnes,  b.  Jan.  13,  1884. 


CHILDREN  OF  J.  FRANKLIN  (899) 

and 
CARRIE  M.  TRACY  (900)   SMITH. 

991.  Stewart  Arthur,   b.    in   Lafayette,   111.,   Dec.    17, 

1880. 

992.  Charles  Gilbert,  b.    in   Lafavette,    111.,    Sept.    17, 

1883. 


CHILD  OF  CHARLES  C.   (906) 


AND 


LYDIA  HOFF  (907)  CHURCH. 
993.  Ella  Leota,  b.  Aug  7,  1882,  in  Lafayette,  111. 


CHILD  OF  JOHN  HANSON  (879) 

AND 

DELLA  E.  JONES  (880)  WHITE. 
994.  Ella  Mary,  b.  in  Lafayette,  111.,  Aug.  16,  1884. 


I08  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  (882) 

AND 

SARAH  EMMA  WHITE  (8S1)  ABBOTT. 

995.  Inez  Viola,   b.    in  latan,  Platte  Co.,  Mo.,  Aug.  28, 

1S80. 

996.  Gertrude   Laurena,   b.    in   latan,  Platte  Co.,  Mo., 

Sept.  5,iS8i. 


CHILD  OF  L.  V.   (884) 

AND 

MINNIE  E.  WHITE   (8S3)   SNYDER. 

997.  Nellie  T.,    b.   Aug.   29,    1881,   in   Lafayette,  Stark 
Co.,  111. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  WOOD,  JR.   (513) 

AND 

MARY  HAYWARD  (514)  WOOD. 

998.  John    HAVWAjiO,  b.   in    Littleton,  Mass.,  Aug.  19, 

1805  ;  m.  Roxana  Sawyer  (999)  ;  d.  Sept.  21,  1S59. 

999.  Roxana    Sawyer   of  Bolton,    Mass.  ;    d.   Nov.  16, 

1877,  aged  65  yr.  10  mo.  3  da.  ;  no  children. 
1000.  Mary  Ann,  b.  in  Littleton,  Oct.  31,  1806  ;  m.  Wm. 
P.  Trask  (looi)  ;  d.  Oct.    7,  1S54,  aged  47  yr.  11 


mo. 


looi.  Wm.    p.    Trask,   of   Bolton,    Mass.;    d.   Dec.    29, 
1856,  aged  51  years;  no  children. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  IO9 

JAMES  HAYWARD. 

James  Hayward  (516),  was  born  in  Boxboro',  Mass., 
Jan.  2,  1779;  lived  therewith  the  exception  of  years 
1804  and  5,  during  his  Hfe  ;  was  named  for  his  uncle, 
James  Hayward,  of  Acton,  Mass.,  who  fell  at  Lexington, 
April  19,  1775,  the  day  of  the  Concord  fight,  beginning  of 
the  Revolutionary  war.  He  was  a  successful  farmer  and 
one  of  the  largest  cultivators  of  hops  in  the  State  for  many 
years.  Frequently  held  positions  of  trust  in  town  aflairs. 
Always  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  the  sick  or 
need3^  He  married  Eunice,  daughter  of  Dea.  John 
Wood,  of  Littleton,  Mass.,  April  29,  1806.  They  had  nine 
children,  and  in  1884  their  descendants  were  as  follows  : 
Children  dead  6,  living  3  ;  grandchildren,  7  dead,  21  liv- 
ing ;  great  grandc|iildren,  10  dead  and  32  living ;  whole 
number  dead  23,  living  56,  total  79. 

I  copy  from  the  Boston  Recorder  of  Dec.  10,  1846 : 

"Death  of  a  Whole  Family  in  Boxborough. 

"  On  the  38th  of  September,  Paul  Hayward,  youngest  son  of 
Mr.  James  Hayward,  of  Boxborough,  and  then  a  member  of 
Phillips  Academy,  at  Andover,  came  home  sick  with  the 
typhoid  fever.  He  was  very  sick  three  weeks,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  30  years  and  10  months,  greatly  lamented. 

"About  a  week  before  he  died  his  father  and  mother,  Mr.  James 
and  Mrs.  Eunice  Hayward,  were  both  taken  sick  with  the  same 
disease.  Mrs.  Hayward  died  October  30,  ten  days  after  her 
son,  aged  65,  and  her  husband  died  Nov.  11,  twelve  days  after 
his  wife,  aged  68.  These  parents  left  children  who  are  all 
married  and  settled,  but  themselves  and  the  above  named  son 
constituted  their  whole  present  family,  and  are  all  cut  off  by 
death  in  the  short  space  of  twenty-two  days." 

They  were  all  professors  of  religion,  and  were  exem- 
plary and  respected.     The  Lozvell  yournal  said  : 

"Mr.  Hayward  was  an  excellent  man  and  universally  esteemed 
by  those  who  knew  him." 


no  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

Less  than  five  years  before,  their  highly  respected  son, 
John  Hayward,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-six. 

James  Wood  Hayward,  son  of  James  and  Eunice 
(Wood)  Hayward,  resides  in  West  Acton,  Mass.  He 
has  been  an  active  and  enterprising  man.  He  worked 
for  his  father,  or  attended  school,  until  he  was  24 
vears  of  age,  tauo-ht  school  three  terms  where  he  went  to 
school  in  his  youth,  then  for  ten  years  marketed  farmers' 
produce,  and  for  twelve  years  following  was  an  extensive 
contractor  of  milk  which  he  took  into  Boston  in  R.  R. 
cars  prepared  for  that  purpose.  Since  then  has  been 
engaged  in  farming.  Is  a  prominent  man  in  his  town. 
He  was  a  Captain  of  Infantry,  commissioned  by  Gov. 
Levi  Lincoln  ;  also  served  in  the  Cavalry.  He  has  done 
much  to  prepare  the  records  of  his  branch  for  this 
volume. 

Stevens  Hayward,  son  of  James  and  Eunice  Wood 
Hayward,  after  an  academic  education,  taught  school  in 
his  native  town,  and  in  Acton  ;  but  he  was  settled  on  his 
father's  homestead,  and  has  lived  there  most  of  his  life. 
A  substantial  and  honorable  citizen. 

Lucy  Ann  Hayward,  sister  of  the  above,  married 
Thomas  Burbeck,  who  was  in  the  dry  goods  and  grocery 
business,  and  flouring-mill,  at  Racine,  Wisconsin,  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  Sept.  21,  1870.  His  widow,  in  I877, 
returned  to  Massachusetts,  and  is  now  living  near  her  old 
home. 

Should  be  pleased  to  mention  more  of  the  grandchil- 
dren than  space  will  permit.  Several  have  been  very  suc- 
cessful in  business  pursuits. 

Rev.  Joel  Francis  Fairbanks,  son  of  Emory  and  Eunice 
(Hayward)  Fairbanks,  graduate  of  Amherst  College, 
1862  ;  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  1863  ;  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  1864.  Ordained  pastor  Congre- 
gational Church  in  1864.  Since  1877,  pastor  Congrega- 
donal  Church,  West  Boylston,  Mass. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  Ill 


Joseph  Whitcomb  Fairbanks,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  son  of 
Emory  and  Eunice  Hayward  Fairbanks.  Grad.  of  Am- 
herst College,  1866  ;  Principal  of  High  School,  So.  Had- 
ley  Falls,  '66-68  ;  of  Centre  School,  Norwalk,  Conn., 
'68-74;  ^*  ^^^  Street  Grammar  School,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  '74-75;  of  High  School,  Worcester,  '75- 78  ;  of 
Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton,  Mass.,  since  '78.  Ph. 
D.,  Amherst,  1879;  visited  Europe  in  '82. 

John  Quincy  Hayward,  son  of  Stevens  and  Charlotte 
(Conant)  Hayward.  Graduate  of  Amherst  College, 
1882;  Principal  of  the  High  School,  Bolton,  Mass. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  JAMES  (516) 


AND 


EUNICE  WOOD  (515)  HAYWARD. 

CHILDREN. 
ALL    BORN    IN    BOXBORO,   MASS. 

1002.  Eunice,   b.   Mar.    10,    1S07  ;   m.    Emory    Fairbanks 

(1003)  ;  d.   Sept.  21,  1S65. 

1003.  Emory   Fairbanks,  b.  in   Gardner,  Mass.,  May  15, 

1800;  d.  Mar.  3,  1871. 

1004.  Susannah,  b.  Apr.  13,  180S  ;  m.    Scwel  Fairbanks 

(1005)  ;  John  Wetherbee  (1006). 

1005.  Sewel  Fairbanks,   b,   in  Gardner,  Mass.,  Mar.  4, 

1804;  d.  Jan.  12,  1S34. 

1006.  John  Wetherbee,   b.  in   Boxboro,  Mass.,  Nov.  7, 

iSoo;  d.  July  31,  1858. 

1007.  James  Wood,  b.  May  31,  1810;  m.  Hannah  Eliza- 

beth Conant  (1008). 

1008.  Hannah  Elizabeth  Conant,  dau.  of  Joel  Conant 

of  Acton,  Mass.,  b.   in   Acton,   Mass.,   May  15, 
1818. 


112  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

1009.  Andrew,  b.  Nov.  22,  181 1,  d.  June  21,  1S18. 
loio.  John,  b.  July  9,  1815  ;  d.  Feb.  19,  1842. 
ion.     Stevens,   b.  Aug.  25,  1817;  m.  Charlotte  Conant 
(1012). 

1012.  Charlotte  Conant,  dau.   of   Dea.  Abraham  and 

Eunice    (Jones)    Conant   of   Acton,   Mass.,  b.    in 
Acton,  Mass.,  May  26,  1S20. 

1013.  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  19,  1819;  d.  Oct.  5,  1824. 

1014.  Lucy  Anna,  b.  July  7,  1821  ;  m.  Thomas  Burbeck 

(1015). 

1015.  Thomas   Burbeck,  b.  July  14,    1815,  at  Campton, 

N.  H.  ;  d.  Sept.  21,  1870. 

1016.  Paul,  b.  Dec.  11,  1S25  ;  d.  Oct.  20,  1846. 


SIXTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  EMORY  (1003) 

AND 

EUNICE  HAYWARD  (1002)  FAIRBANKS. 

1017.  Emory   Hayward,   b.    Oct.   30,    1829,  in  Boxboro, 

Mass.  ;  jewelry  business,  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston, 
Mass.  ;  m.  Julia  Maria  Bacon  (1018)  ;  Laura  Ann 
Cooledge  (1019). 

1018.  Julia  Maria  Bacon,  b.  Nov.  8,  1836;  d.  Nov.  8, 

1857. 

1019.  Laura  Ann  Cooledge,  b.  in  Sherborn,  Mass.,  Dec. 

9,  1839. 

1020.  Andrew   Stevens,  b.   Jan.  30,  1832;  d.  Aug.   12, 

1835,  in  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

1021.  Joel  Francis,   Rev.,   b.    in   Ashburnham,   Mass., 

Sept.  8,  1835  ;  m.  Abbie  Smith  Russell  (1022). 

1022.  Abbie   Smith   Russell,  b.  Oct.,  1837,  in  Ashburn- 

ham. 

1023.  James   Henry,  b.   in  Ashburnham,  May  16,  1837; 

m.  Josephine  Brewer  (1024)  ;  successful  jeweller, 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 13 

1024.  Josephine  Brewer,  b.  June  28,  1S36. 

1025.  Eunice  Elizabeth,   b.    in  Ashburnham,  Feb.   14, 

1835  ;  m.  Hoscu  Foster  Lane  (1026). 

1036.  HosEA  Foster  Lane,  b.  Feb.  7,  1831,  in  Ashburn- 
ham ;  m.  Aug.  16,  1858.  Since  1856,  Principal 
of  the  Templeton,  Mass.,  High  School. 

1027.  Joseph  Whitcomb,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  b.  in  Ashburn- 
ham, Mar.  36,  1841  ;  m.  Ellen  Maria  Cutting 
(1028). 

1038.  Ellen  Maria  Cutting,  b.   in  Templeton,  Mass., 

June  II,  1846. 

1039.  Susan  Augusta,  b.  in.  Ashburnham,  Apr.  14,  1843  ; 

m.  Charles  Edward  Woodward  (loHo). 

1030.  Charles  Edward  Woodward,  b.  in  Ashburnham, 

Apr.  23,  1842. 

1031.  Lucy  Ann,  b.    in   Ashburnham,   Dec.  8,  1846;  m. 

George  Nelson  Ells  (1032)  ;  she  grad.  State  Nor- 
mal School,  Framingham,  Mass.,  1865. 

1032.  George  Nelson  Ells,  b.  in  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Nov. 

H'  ^^37 ;  in  book,  stationery,  and  periodical 
business,  Waterbury,  Conn.  ;  he  was  for  twenty- 
five  years  one  of  the  editors  and  proprietors  of  the 
Norwalk  (Conn.)  Gazette. 

1033.  Laura  Amelia,   b.   in  Ashburham,  Oct.  30,  1S48; 

d.  Apr.  29,  1855. 


CHILDREN  OF  SUSANNAH  HAYWARD  (1004) 

BY  first  husband, 

SEWEL  FAIRBANKS  (1005). 

1034.  James   Hayward,  b.    in   Gardner,   Mass.,  Nov.   i, 

1830;   m.  Anna  Mehitable  Gibbs  (103:5). 

1035.  Anna  Mehitable  Gibbs,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass. 

1036.  Sewel  Whitcomb,  b.   in   Gardner,  Oct.  21,  1832; 

jewelry  •  business,  Boston,    Mass.  ;    m.     Caroline 
Blood  (1037)  5  ^I's.  Carrie  J.  Brown  Boyt  (1038). 

1037.  Caroline   Blood,   b.  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.  ;  m.  Nov. 

29,  i860  ;  d.  in  Boston,  Feb.  15,  1875. 
10 


IT4  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

103S.  Mrs.  Carrie  J.  Brown  Boyt,  b.  in  Groton,  Mass.  ; 
m.  in  Boston,  Jan.  12,  1881. 

BY  SECOND  HUSBAND, 

JOHN  WETHERBEE  (1006). 

1039.  Ellen  Augusta,  b.  in  Boxboro,  Nov.  17,  1843, 

1040.  Susan   Ann,    b.    in    Boxboro,    Apr,    8,    1846 ;    m. 

Delette  Haynes  Hall  (1041). 

1041.  Delette  Haynes  Hall,  b.  in  Bolton,  Mass.,  Mar. 

20,    1843.     Large  manufacturer   of   churns,    tubs 
and  pails. 

1042.  Emmaetta  Frances,  b.  in  Boxboro,  June  27,  1850. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  WOOD  (1007) 

and 

HANNAH   ELIZABETH  CONANT  (ioo8)  HAYWARD. 

ALL  BORN  IN  ACTON,  MASS. 

1043.  Henry  Stevens,  b.  May  5,  1841  ;  d.  Mar.  2,  1842. 

1044.  Elizabeth,  b.   Jan.    18,    1843;  m.   Henry  Hanson 

(1045)- 

1045.  Henry  Hanson,  b.  in   Birmingham,  England,  July 

30,  1838  ;  m.  Sept.  14,  1865,  in  Acton,  Mass. 

1046.  Abba  Malvina,  b.  May  17,  1845;  d.  Oct.  2,  1846. 

1047.  Ella    Augusta,    b.    July    8,    1847 ;     m.    Samuel 

Rogers  Burrough  (1048). 

1048.  Samuel  Rogers  Burrough,  b.  in  Acton,  Mar.  25, 

1843 ;     m.  in    Acton,   Feb.     14,    1866.      Served 
through  the  Civil  War  in  6th  Mass.  Infantry. 

1049.  MiRON,  b.  June  5,  1850;  d.  Aug.  16,  1850. 

1050.  Frank  Conant,  b.  Mar.   22,    1852  ;    a  prosperous 

merchant    and    manufacturer.    South    Abington, 
Mass. 

1051.  James  Webster,  b.  Nov.  15,  1854;  "^'  Jennie  Gil- 

lespie (1052).  • 

1052.  Jennie   Gillespie,  b.  in  Belleville,  Ont.,  July    11, 

1854;  m.  in  Richmond,  111.,  Aug.  21,  1883. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  II5 

1053.  Charles   Sumner,    of   Vinton,    Iowa,    b.    Jul)'  8, 

1857;  ''"^  company  with  his  brother  Jas.  W.  in 
retail  and  jobbing  shoe  trade  ;  m.  Abbie  Chamber- 
lain Jones  (1054). 

1054.  Abbie    Chamberlain    Jones,    b.    in    Cambridge, 

Mass.,  Apr.  iS,  1856;  m.  Aug.  21,  18S4. 

1055.  Edward  Ellsworth,  of  South  Abington,  Mass.,  b. 

Dec.  13,  1S60;  interested  witli  his  brother  Frank 
C.  in  South  Abington,  Mass,  ;  m.  Eldora  Rick- 
ard  (1056),  May  14,  1884. 

1056.  Eldora  Rickard,  b.  in   North  Carver,  Mass.,  Jan. 

10,  1S54. 


CHILDREN  OF  STEVENS  (ion) 

and 

CHARLOTTE  CONANT  (1012)  HAYWARD. 

ALL  BORN  IN  BOXBORO,   MASS. 

1057.  Charles  Henry,  b.   May   2'^,   1851  ;    d.  Jan.    13, 

1S52. 

1058.  Herbert  Nelson,  b.   Feb.    21,    1853;    m.    Sarah 

Preble  Baldwin  (10=59). 

1059.  Sarah   Preble   Baldwin,   b.    in  Waltham,  Mass., 

July  9,  1854;  "1-  Aug.  12,  1875. 

1060.  John    (^uincy,    1).    Sept.    25,    1855.     Graduate    of 

Amiierst  College. 

1061.  Clara    Sophia,    b.    Dec.    21,    18=57;    '^i-    Charles 

Lysander  Woodward  (1062). 

1062.  Charles  Lysander  Woodward,  b.  in  Landsgrove, 

Vt.,   Apr.   9,  1858;  m.  Mar.  25,  1884;  res.  Box- 
boro,  Mass. 

1063.  Charlotte  Maria,  b.  Apr,  5,  1862;  m,   June    19, 

1884,  Charles  Volney  McClenathan  (1064), 

1064.  Charles  V.  McClenathan,  b.  in  New  York,  July 

4,  1858. 


Il6  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

SEVENTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  EMORY  HAYWARD  FAIRBANKS 

(1017) 

BY    FIRST    WIFE, 

JULIA  MARIA  BACON  (1018). 

X065.  Francis  Bacon,  b.   in  HolHston,   Mass.,  Oct,   36. 
1S56. 

BY    SECOND    WIFE, 

LAURA  ANN  COOLEDGE  (1019). 

1066.  Annie  Maria,  b.  in  Sherborn,  Oct.  19,  1863. 

1067.  Edith,  b.   at  Jamaica   Plain,  Mass.,  Dec.  9,  1868; 

d.  Dec.  2,  1876. 

1068.  Herbert,   b.   at  Jamaica  Plain,  July  19,  1870 ;  d. 

Dec.  4,  1876. 

1069.  Laura,  b.   at  Jamaica  Plain,   Nov.    29,    1874;    d. 

July  26,  1875. 

1070.  Emory,   b.    at  Jamaica    Plain,    Mar.    27,    1876 ;    d. 

Dec.  12,  1876. 

1071.  Helen,  b.  at  Jamaica  Plain,  May  29,  1883. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOEL  FRANCIS  (1021) 

and 

ABBIE  smith  RUSSELL  (1022)  FAIRBANKS. 

1072.  Ernest    Hayward,   b.    in   Westminster,  Vt.,  Dec. 

30, 1866. 

1073.  Francis  Joel,   b.   in  Westminster,  Vt.,   Mar.   20, 

1869;  d.  Apr.  9,  1874. 

1074.  Alice  Russell,  b.   in  Westminster,  Vt.,  Apr.  20, 

1871. 

1075.  George  Stea^ens,  b.  in  Aj'er,  Mass.,  Aug.  2,  1873. 

1076.  Herbert   Stockwell,  b.   in   Paxton,   Mass.,  Oct. 

20,  1875. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  II7 

CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  HENRY  (1023) 

AND 

JOSEPHINE  BREWER  (1024)  FAIRBANKS. 

FIRST    THREE    BORN    IN    FRAMINGHAM,    MASS.  ;    NEXT    SIX    IN 
FITCHBURG,    MASS. 

1077.  Mary  Eunice,  b.  Feb.  2,  1862. 

1078.  Arthur  Brewer,  b.  June  22,  1865. 

1079.  Carrie  Fay,  b.  June  22,  1867. 

1080.  Emma  Josephine,  b.    Feb.    10,    1869;    d.   May  3, 

1869. 

1081.  Freddie  Hayward,  b.  Aug.  22,  1870;  d.  July  15, 

1872. 

1082.  Emma  Josephine,  b.  July  30,  1872. 

1083.  Bertie,  b.  Feb.  27,  1874;  d.  May  7,  1874. 

1084.  Alice  May,  b.  June  13,  1875. 

1085.  Florence  Louise,  b.  Feb.  5,  1877. 


CHILDREN  OF  HOSEA  FOSTER  (1026) 


and 


EUNICE  ELIZABETH  FAIRBANKS  (1025)  LANE. 

1086.  Charles  Hosea,  b.  in  Templeton,  Mass.,  Sept.  14, 

1859.     ^^    collected    the    records  'of    the    Abel 
White  descendants  for  this  volume. 

1087.  Arthur  Francis,  1).  in  Templeton,  Mass.,  July  17, 

1861  ;  d.  Oct.  17,  1862. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOSEPH  WHITCOMB  (1027) 

AND 

ELLEN  MARIA  CUTTING  (102S)  FAIRBANKS. 

1088.  Gertrude  Maria,  b.  in  Norvvalk,  Conn.,  Oct.  28, 

1869. 

1089.  Helen   Louise,  b.    in  Templeton,  Mass.,  Aug.  31, 

1871. 

1090.  Joseph  Whitcomb,  b.   in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec. 

17,  1874. 


Il8  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILD  OF  CHARLES  EDWARD  (1030) 

AND 

SUSAN  AUGUSTA  FAIRBANKS  (1039)  WOODWARD. 

1091.  Adella    Fairbanks,    b.    in   Ashburnham,    Mass., 
Nov.  29,  1S76. 


CHILD  OF  GEORGE  NELSON  (1032) 

AND 

LUCY  ANN  FAIRBANKS  (1031)  ELLS. 

1092.  Arthur   Fairbanks,  b.   in  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Dec. 
17,  1879. 


CHILD  OF  JAMES  HAYWARD  (1034) 

and 

ANN  MEHITABLE  GIBBS  (1035)  FAIRBANKS. 

1093.  James   Hayward,   b.    in   Natick,   Mass.,    Dec.    17, 
1858  ;  d.  Aug.  23,  1865. 


CHILDREN  OF  SEWEL  WHITCOMB  (1036) 

and 

CAROLINE  BLOOD  (1037)  FAIRBANKS. 

ALL  BORN  IN  BOSTON,  MASS* 

1094.  Frances  Blood,  b.  Sept.  2,  1864. 

1095.  James  Lincoln,  b.  June  12,  1866. 

1096.  Carrie  Isabel,  b.  June  29,  1868. 

1097.  Emma   Florence,   b.  July    16,    1S70;    d.  Apr.  20. 

1872. 

1098.  Bertha  May,  b.  May  4,  1874;  d.  June  30,  1875. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  II9 

CHILDREN  OF  DELETTE  HAYNES  (1041) 

AND 

SUSAN  ANN  WETHERBEE  (1040)  HALL. 

1099.  Eugene  Lazelle,   b.    in  Acton,   Mass.,  Sept.    13, 

1S69. 

1 100.  Bertram   Delette,   b.   in   Acton,   Mass.,  Oct.   3, 

1S71. 
iioi.   Etta  Roxana,  b.  in  Acton,  Mass.,  May  37,  1874. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  (1045) 

AND 

ELIZABETH  HAYWARD  (1044)  HANSON. 

1 102.  Alice  May,  b.  in  Arlington,  Mass.,  June  12,  1867  ; 

d.  Mar.  13,  1870. 
H03.  Carrie   Field,   b.    in    Arlington,    Mass.,    Dec.    6, 

1869. 
1104.  Alice  May,  b.  in  Arlington,  Mass.,  July  9,  1873. 


CHILD  OF  SAMUEL  ROGERS  (1048) 

AND 

ELLA  AUGUSTA  HAYWARD  (1047)  BURROUGH. 
1 105.  Mabel  Ella,  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  July  20,  1874. 


CHILD  OF  HERBERT  NELSON  (1058) 

AND 

SARAH  PREBLE  BALDWIN  (1059)  HAYWARD. 

1106.  William  Baldwin,   b.   in  Waltham,   Mass.,  Aug. 
24,  1876. 


I20  AMARIAH    WOOD 


AMARIAH   WOOD. 

Amariah  Wood  was  a  son  of  Dea.  John  Wood  of 
Littleton,  Mass.,  who  was  the  son  of  John,  son  of 
Jeremiah. 

He  thoroughly  learned  the  trades  of  tanner  and  cur- 
rier, and  carried  on  that  business  about  a  quarter  of  a 
century  in  Bolton,  Massachusetts. 

He  married  and  had  a  large  family  of  children  by 
his  first  wife  ;  he  had  no  children  by  his  second  wife. 

Amariah  Wood  was  an  honored  citizen,  having  held 
civil  offices  of  trust.  I  also  have  before  me  a  commission 
as  Lieutenant,  given  him  by  Gov.  Caleb  Strong  of 
Massachusetts,  and  a  commission  as  Captain.  To  the 
former  office  he  was  elected  Nov.  27,  181 2,  and  the  latter 
May  3,  1814,  and  was  Captain  of  an  independent  com- 
pany later. 

He  was  a  conscientious  and  upright  man,  of  marked 
ability  and  scholarly  attainments,  —  was  a  persistent  stu- 
dent all  his  life,  and  was  always  ready  for  research  in 
science  and  metaphysics,  —  was  a  close  student  of  the 
Bible  and  was  guided  by  it.  He  was  skilled  in  musical 
composition,  and  took  much  pleasure  in  it.  Selections 
from  his  manuscripts  were  published  long  after  his 
decease.  He  often  had  original  music  to  use  at  the  meet- 
ings of  the  family. 

His  conversations  in  later  years  were  masterly,  having 
accurate  knowledge  and  a  clear  logical  mind,  thoroughly 
disciplined. 

In  his  last  days  he  purchased  a  home  near  Worcester, 
Mass.,  where  some  of  his  children  had  settled. 

Here  he,  and  the  able  and  estimable  wife  of  his  early 
and  maturer  years  and  the  mother  of  all  his  children, 
rested  from  their  labors. 


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AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  121 

He  was  born  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Sept.  9,  1785,  —  one 
century  ago. 

His  portrait,  from  a  copy  of  a  daguerreotype,  is  bound 
in  this  volume. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  AMARIAH  (519) 

AND 

HANNAH  SMITH  (530)  WOOD. 

CHILDREN. 

1 107.  George   Hobbs,    b.    in    Littleton,    Mass.,    Dec.   5, 

1805;  m.  Relief  Doane  (iio8)";  d.  Nov.  7,  1878. 

1108.  Relief  DoANE,  b.  Apr.  28,  1803  ;  d.  Aug.  13,  184S. 

1 109.  Amariah   Martin,    b.    in   Bolton,   Mass.,   May  6, 

1S07 ;    ni.    Rachel   Atherton     (mo);     residence 
Sublette,  Lee  Co.,  Illinois. 

11 10.  Rachel  Atherton,  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  Feb.  4, 

iSii;  dau.    of  Philemon   and   Elizabeth    (Patter- 
son)    Atherton,     and    granddaughter    of    Oliver 
Atherton. 
mi.  Mary  Elvira,  b.  in  Bolton,  Mass.,  Dec.  5,  1808; 
d.  June  12,  1815. 

1112.  Hannah  Amanda,  b.  in  Bolton,  May  31,  1810;  m. 

Alvin  Babcock  (1113)  ;  res.  Clinton,  Mass. 

1 1 13.  Alvin    Babcock,    son    of    Ephraim    and    Eunice 

(Sawyer),  b.  in  Berlin,  Nov.  9,  1808  ;  d.  Apr.  7, 
i88i. 

1114.  John,  b.  in  Bolton,  Sept.  8,  181 1  ;   m.  Eliza   Ather- 

ton (1115)  ;  res.  Rockport,  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio. 

1115.  Eliza  Atherton,  b.   in   Harvard,   Mass.,  Oct.  6, 

1814  ;  dau.  of  Philemon  and  Elizabeth  (Patterson) 
Atherton,  and  granddaughter  of  Olive;-  Atherton. 
m6.  Lucy,  b.   in   Bolton,  Jan.  8,  1813  ;  m.  James  Law- 
rence Estey  (1117). 
11 


122  AMARIAH    WOOD 

1 1 17.  James   Lawrence  Estey,  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass., 

May  28,  1814;  m.  Oct.  16,  1S3S  ;  res.  Worcester, 
Mass. 

1 1 18.  Charles,  b.  in  Bolton,  Feb.  14,  1S14;  d.   Jan.    19, 

1816. 

1 1 19.  Mary   Elvira,  b.  in  Bolton,  Dec.  3,  1815  ;  d.  Feb. 

II,  1816. 

1130.  Lucius   Francis,   b.   in   Bolton,   Nov.  9,  1816;  m. 

Harriet     Newell     Ball     (ii3i)  ;     Sarah    Isabelle 
Gerry  (1122)  ;  Harriet  Ellen  Davis  (1123). 

1 131.  Harriet  Newell  Ball,  b.  in  Townsend,  Mass., 

Apr.  25,  1817;  d.  May  23,  1S60. 

1122.  Sarah    Isabelle    Gerry,    b.    in    Harvard,  Mass., 

Dec.  4,  1830;  d.  Oct.  4,  1872. 

1 123.  Harriet  Ellen 'Davis,   b.  in  Lunenburg,  Mass., 

Mar.  16,  1838. 

1134.  Susannah    Wright,   b.  in   Bolton,  Nov.  28,  1818; 

m.   Henry  Edward  Warren  (1125)  ;  res.  Worces- 
ter, Mass. 

1135.  Henry    Edward    Warren,   son  of    Timothy   and 

Hannah  Warren,  b.  in  Northboro,  Mass.,  Jan.  4, 
181 7;  d.  July  25,  1869. 
1 1 26.  Augustine   Washington,    b.    in    Bolton,    Feb.   7, 
1820;  m.  Permelia  Adelaide  Trim  (1127). 

1 137.  Permelia  Adelaide  Trim,  b.  in  Northport,  Maine, 

July  I,  1825. 

1 1 38.  Lowell  Milton,   b.  in  Bolton,  Sept.  3,  1821  ;  m. 

Sarah  W.  Gilley  (1129)  ;  Martha  Bunker  (1130)  ; 
d.  Dec.  13,  1875. 

11 39.  Sarah  W.  Gilley,  b.  in  Maine;  d.  Nov.  3,  1859. 

1 130.  Martha   Bunker,   b.   at   Cranberry   Isles,   Maine, 

June  30,  1835. 

1 131.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  in  Bolton,  Apr.  18,  1833  ;  m. 

John  Farwell  (1133)  ;  George  Farwell  (1133). 
1 133.  John  Farwell,  b.   in    Harvard,   Mass.,  July    37, 
1816;  d.  Aug.  21,  1878. 

1 133.  George  Farwell,  b.  in  Westford,  Mass.,  May  14, 

1821. 

1 134.  Eliza  Ann,  b.   in  Bolton,  Nov.  20,  1824;  d.  Dec. 

3»  1S30. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 23 

1 135.  Christopher,  b.  in   Bolton,  May  15,  1826;  proba- 

bly lost  at  sea  several  years  ago. 

1 136.  Sampson  Wilder,  b.  in  Bolton,  Aug.  i,  1828;  was 

a  non-commissioned  officer  in  Col.  Caleb  Cush- 
ing's  Massachusetts  Regt.  in  the  "Mexican  War"  ; 
m.  Sylvia  Hovey  (1137)  ;  Mrs.  Ami  M.  (Emer- 
son) Wade  (113S). 

1137.  Sylvia  Hovey,  b.  in  Troy,  Vt.,  Aug.  12,  1830;  d. 

Sept.  16,  1867. 

1 138.  Mrs.  Ann  M.   (Emerson)  Wade,  b.  in  Millbury, 

Mass.,  April  17,  1S33. 

1139.  William   Smith    Wood,    b.    in    Boxboro,    Mass., 

Feb.  18,  1832  ;  Superintendent  of  city  schools, 
Seymour,  Indiana  ;  Compiler  and  publisher  of  this 
volume  ;  an  educator  for  twenty-nine  years ;  was 
Captain  of  Co.  D,  34th  Illinois  Veteran  Volunteer 
Infantry,  in  the  U.  S.  service  in  the  Civil  War  ; 
m.  Sarah  S.  Knowlton  (1140)  ;  Louisa  Hamilton 
Anderson  (1141). 

1 140.  Sarah  S.    Knowlton,   b.   in   Massachusetts,  Sept. 

19,  1836;  m.  Aug.  18,  1856;  d.  Feb.  2,  i860. 

1 141 .  Louisa  Hamilton  Anderson,  b.  in  Geneva,  N.  Y., 

Dec.  9,  1845  ;  m.  May  4,  1863. 


GEORGE  HOBBS  WOOD, 

George  H.  Wood,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  eldest  son  of 
Amariah  and  Hannah  Wood,  was  for  more  than  forty  years 
foreman,  or  otherwise  connected  with  the  manufacturing 
establishment  of  Wm.  Chase  &  Sons,  of  Providence. 
He  was  a  student  in  Harvard  University,  —  he  did  not 
graduate  on  account  of  sickness,  but  never  lost  his  inter- 
est in  literary  pursuits  and  scientific  investigation.  He 
was  a  man  of  intelligence  and  good  judgment,  and  his 
opinions  with  reference  to  business  and  other  matters  were 
sought  by  very  many  of  his  fellow-citizens. 


124  AMARIAH    WOOD 

He  held  offices  of  honor  and  trust,  but  always  refused 
when  he  could  consistently  do  so.  He  was  respected 
and  greatly  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him. 

The  following  message  to  his  children  was  written  by 
him  in  his  latest  account  book  which  was  found  after  his 
decease  : — 

"  How  can  I  attempt  to  write,  feeling  as  I  do  at  the  present 
time,  —  this  mortal  body  has  almost  performed  its  last  task, — 
my  earthly  career  is  nearly  ended  ;  disease  has  already  attacked 
my  body  and  fatal  will  be  the  result. 

"  I  would  address  a  few  words,  dear  children,  to  you,  that 
after  this  hand  that  now  writes  is  cold  and  stitt'  or  mingled  with 
the  mother  earth,  and  this  spirit  that  now  prompts  the  hand 
what  to  write  shall  have  departed,  you  may  read,  reflect  and 
soberly  consider  what  may  be  advantageous  in  your  short  jour- 
ney of  life. 

"  I  hope  you  will  read  the  Sacred  Scriptures,  particularly  the 
New  Testament,  —  that  you  will  pay  particular  attention  to  the 
commands  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  that  these  you  will  follow. 

"  In  all  your  dealings,  in  whatever  you  say  or  do,  keep  in 
remembrance  this  command,  and  follow  it  as  far  as  in  you  is 
possible : 

"  '  Do  unto  others  as  ye  would  that  others  should  do  unto 
you  ; '  be  patient,  be  charitable,  love  one  another,  and  prepare 
for  death.  The  time  will  soon  come  when  you  must  also  be 
laid  with  me  in  the  silent  tomb,  when  the  time  of  your  proba- 
tion will  expire.  Improve  the  time  in  doing  good,  and  may 
your  reward  be  great  when  you  are  called  at  the  judgment. 

GEORGE  H.  WOOD." 


A  beautiful  monument  marks  his  resting-place  and 
that  of  members  of  his  family,  in  North  End  Cemetery, 
Providence,  Rhode  Island. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 25 

AMARIAH   M.   and  JOHN  WOOD. 

The  brothers  Amariah  Martin  and  John  Wood  married 
sisters. 

For  many  years  they  were  in  the  tanning  and  currying 
business,  under  the  firm  name  of  A.  M.  &  J.  Wood. 

Later  in  Hfe  both  were  interested  in  farming  in  Illinois. 
John  was  also  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  where  his  daughter,  Abbie  Eliza,  before  her  mar- 
riage was  a  successful  teacher  for  about  ten  years. 

Amariah  M,  had  three  sons  in  the  Union  Army  during 
the  great  Civil  War  :  George  Patterson,  who  was  killed 
in  the  battle  before  Vicksburg,  Miss.  ;  Frank  Amariah, 
who  died  in  hospital  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  ;  and  Oliver 
Atherton,  who  was  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Perry ville,  Ky.  The  latter  is  married,  has  a  family,  and 
is  settled  on  the  home  place  of  his  father. 


JAMES  LAWRENCE  ESTEY.  . 

James  Lawrence  Estey  and  family  have  long  resided 
in  Worcester,  Massachusetts  ;  he  went  there  in  March, 
1829,  as  an  apprentice  to  the  printing  business,  and  has 
followed  that  occupation  constantly  from  that  time  until 
the  present  year,  1885,  and  he  is  still  in  the  establishment 
of  Charles  Hamilton,  the  printer  of  this  book,  where  he 
has  been  constantly  employed  since  1862. 

From  1840  to  1853  he  was  employed  on  the  Worcester 
Sfy.  Although  in  the  same  business  for  himself  else- 
where, for  a  time,  he  returned  with  pleasure  to  Worcester 
where  he  has  a  pleasant  home,  and  is  a  most  genial  and 
worthy  husband,  brother,  father  and  friend. 

His  son,  George  L.  Estey,  also  resides  in  Worcester, 
which  has  been  his  home  the  most  of  his  life,  excepting  a 
year  in  Minnesota  and  Illinois,  and  two  or  three  in 
California. 


126  AMARIAH    WOOD 

LUCIUS  FRANCIS  WOOD. 

Lucius  Francis  Wood  is  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist 
Church  and  has  been  for  more  than  a  score  of  years, — 
has  written  many  hymns  ;  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  medicines,  &c.  ;  has  accomplished  much 
good  ;  residence  West  Townsend,  Mass. 

His  son,  Francis  Warren,  was  a  great  sufferer  in  con- 
sequence of  a  long  imprisonment  in  the  rebel  prison  at 
Salisbury,  North  Carolina,  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 


HENRY  EDWARD  WARREN. 

Henry  Edward  Warren  was  a  man  beloved  by  all 
who  knew  him. 

He  was  remarkably  active  in  his  business,  which  he 
continued  successfully  until  his  death. 

He  was  buried  in  his  family  lot  in  the  Shrewsbury, 
Mass.,  cemetery,  where  he  had  previously  laid  to  rest  five 
of  his  children,  viz :  Lucius  Henry,  Charlotte  Eliza, 
Edward  Marshall,  Frank  Wilder,  and  Annah  Elizabeth. 

His  widow  lives  in  Worcester,  Mass.  ;  her  son,  Edgar 
William  Warren  and  family,  residing  with  her. 


LOWELL  MILTON  WOOD. 

From  sixteen  years  of  age,  with  the  exception  of  three 
years  at  the  Worcester  Academy,  Worcester,  Mass.,  and 
a  brief  stay  in  Europe,  Lowell  M.  Wood  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  was  in  business  for  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  He  died  there,  and  lies 
buried  in  Mount  Hope  Cemetery. 

A  man  of  ability,  strict  integrity  and  honor. 

His  widow,  and  daughter  Josephine  M.  Wood  reside 
upon  the  old  homestead  in  Boston. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 27 

JOHN  FARWELL. 

John  Farwell  was  a  friend  of  the  poor  and  unfor- 
tunate and  cared  for  such  for  many  years.  He  was 
Superintendent  of  the  City  Farm  and  Almshouse  of  the 
City  of  Worcester  for  nearly  twenty  years,  and  had  other 
experience.  No  better  evidence  of  his  capacity  and 
energy,  as  well  as  that  of  his  wife,  can  be  given  than  the 
oft-repeated  commendations  of  the  city  authorities  as  pub- 
lished in  the  City  Documents  during  the  many  years  he 
held  the  position  of  Superintendent  in  Worcester. 

He  resigned  in  the  spring  of  1878,  and  removed  to  a 
farm  owned  by  him  in  the  westerly  part  of  Hubbardston, 
Mass.,  which  overlooks  the  village  and  the  surrounding 
towns  towards  Worcester,  and  has  a  magnificent  view  of 
Wachusett  mountain.  His  thoughts  were  led  upwards  by 
his  surroundings,  and  August  21,  1878,  his  spirit  was 
free  ;  his  body  was  buried  in  the  beautiful  cemetery  at 
New  Worcester,  Mass. 

His  son,  Henry  A.  Farwell,  Esq.,  and  family,  have 
since  occupied  the  home  place. 


SIXTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  HOBBS  (1107) 


AND 


RELIEF  DOANE  (1108)  WOOD. 

all  born  in  north  PROVmENCE,  R.  I. 

1 142.  Sarah  Augusta,  b.  May  24,  1826  ;  m.  Nathaniel  G. 

Totten  ;  she  died  April  20,  1847. 

1 143.  George   Leonard,  b.   Oct.   23,  1828;  m.   Frances 

Potter    Kenyon     (1144);     residence    Providence, 
R.  I. 

1 144.  Frances  Potter  Kenyon,  b.  in  Richmond,  R.  I., 

Jan.  13,  1828 ;  d.  May  30,  1884. 


128  AMARIAH    WOOD 

1 145.  Ann  Sophia,  b.  Nov.  30,  1830;  d.  Apr.  10,  1839. 

1 146.  Henry  Franklin,  b.   Feb.    26,  1833;  d.  Mar.  23, 

1833- 

1 147.  Franklin  Henry,  b.  Apr.  19,  1834. 

1148.  Edwin  Harrison,  b.  Feb.  9,  1836. 

1149.  Ann  Olive,  b.  Apr.    4,    1844;    m.   Charles   Prest- 

wich    (1150)  ;  residence  Providence,  R.  I. 

1 150.  Charles   Prestwich,   b.   in  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  Nov. 

27,  1S37. 


CHILDREN  OF  AMARIAH  MARTIN  (1109) 

AND 

RACHEL  ATHERTON  (mo)  WOOD. 

1151.  Oliver  Atherton,  b.  in  Bolton,  Mass.,  June  22, 

1833  ;  was  in  Union  Army,  75th  Illinois  Infan- 
try ;  severely  wounded  at  battle  of  Perryville, 
Ky.  ;  m.  Climena  Hubbard  (1152)  ;  res. 
Sublette,  111. 

1 152.  Climena   Hubbard,  b.   in   Princeton,   111.,  July  5, 

1842  ;  dau.  of  Royal  Prescott  and  Mary  (Boring) 
Hubbai-d,  and  granddau.  of  Moses  Hubbard. 

1 153.  Adeline  Eliza,   b.   in  Northboro,  Mass.,  Aug.  2, 

1837;  d.  Feb.  4,  1844. 

1 154.  George   Patterson,  b.  in   Stow,   Mass.,  Feb.    16, 

1839;  d.  Dec.  28,  1862;  was  in  Union  Army, 
13th  Illinois  Infantry ;  was  instantly  killed  in  a 
charge  before  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

1155.  Francis   Amariah,    b.  in   Stow,    Mass.,   Jan.    17, 

1841  ;  d.  Jan.  3,  1864;  was  in  Union  Army, 
13th  Illinois  Infantry ;  Sergeant  Co.  C  ;  died  in 
hospital  at  Nashville,  Tenn. 

1156.  Annah   Caroline,   b.   in   Stow,   Apr.  6,   1843;  d. 

Aug.  19,  1844. 

1 157.  Ella  Adelaide,   b.    in   Fitzwilliam,   N.  H.,  Dec.  15, 

1844;  d.  Aug.  29,  1847. 

1158.  Galen  Milton,  b.  in  Sublette,  111.,  June  23,  1853; 

d.  May  16,  1854. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 29 

CHILDREN  OF  ALVIN  (1113) 

AND 

HANNAH  AMANDA  WOOD  (11 12)  BABCOCK. 

1 159.  Hannah  Amanda,  b.    Sept.    30,  1831  ;  m.  George 
Edward  Colburn  (1160)  ;  residence  Clinton,  Mass. 

1 160.  George    Edward    Colburn,    b.    in    Leominster, 

Mass.,  Jan.  3,  1829, 

1 161.  Alvin  Waedo,  b.  Nov.  10,  1S35  ;  d.  May  12,  1S45. 


CHILD  OF  JOHN  (11 14) 

AND 

ELIZA  ATHERTON  (11 15)  WOOD. 

1162.  Abbie   Eliza,  b.   in  Stow,  Mass.,  Aug.  24,  1S37  ; 

m.   James   Howard  Gleason    (1163);  res.   Rock- 
port,  Ohio. 

1163.  James  Howard  Gleason,  b.  in  Sandisfield,  Berk- 

shire Co.,  Mass.,  Nov.  28,  1836. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  LAWRENCE  (11 17) 

and 

LUCY  W^OOD  (II 16)  ESTEY. 

1 164.  Sarah  Adelaide,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec.  29, 

1840;  d.  Sept.  7,  1841,  aged  8  mo.  and  9  da. 

1 165.  George  Lawrence,  b.  in  Worcester,  Jan.  23,  1S48  ; 

m.   Charlotte   Hill  Gates  (1166)  ;  res.  Worcester, 
Mass. 

1166.  Charlotte     Hill    Gates,    b.     in    Hubbardston, 

Mass.,  Feb.  8,  1851. 


CHILDREN  OF  LUCIUS  FRANCIS  WOOD  (1120) 

BY  FIRST  WIFE, 

HARRIET  NEWELL  BALL  (1121). 

1167.  Harriet  Francena,  b.  in  Leominster,  Mass.,  Apr. 
22,  1841  ;  m.  David  Haselton  (1168)  ;  d.  Jan.  6, 
1882. 
12 


I30  AMARIAH    WOOD 

1 1 68.  David  Haselton,  b.   in  Hudson,  N.  H.,  July  31, 

1827  ;  d.  July  7,  18S0. 

1 169.  Francis  Warren,   b.  in  Pepperell,  Mass.,  Oct.  28, 

1844 ;  was  in  the  Union  Army,  and  mustered  out 
June  9,  1865  ;  he  had  an  eventful  career  during  his 
service;  m.  Isabella  Catherine  Torrey  (1170); 
Hannah  Maria  Thurston  (1171)  ;  residence  West 
Bridgewater,  Mass. 

1 1 70.  Isabella  Catherine  Torrey,  of  Groton,  Mass., 

b.  Apr.  17,  1846;  d.  May  28,  1870. 

11 71.  Hannah  Maria  Thurston,  b,  in  Somerset,  Mass., 

Mar.  28,  1847. 

BY   SECOND    WIFE, 

SARAH  ISABELLE  GERRY  (1122). 

1 172.  George  Gerry,  b.  in  West  Townsend,  Mass.,  Aug. 

20,  1867;  d.  Aug.  26,  1868. 

11 73.  Edward     Hartshorn,     b.    in    West    Townsend, 

Mass.,  Dec.  20,  1871  ;  d.  July  23,  1872. 

BY    THIRD    WIFE, 

HARRIET  ELLEN  DAVIS  (11 23). 

1 1 74.  Edith    Isabelle,   b.    in  West  Townsend,  Dec.  20, 

1873- 

1 175.  Ethel   Roxana,   b.    in   West  Townsend,   Apr.   3, 

1878. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  EDWARD  (11 25) 


and 


SUSANNAH  W.  WOOD  (1124)  WARREN. 

ALL    BORN    IN    SHREWSBURY,  MASS. 

11 76.  Lucius  Henry,  b.  Nov.  23,  1843  ;  d.  Mar.  3,  1844. 

1177.  Charlotte   Eliza,  b.  Feb.   26,    1845;  d.  May  8, 

1847. 

1178.  Edward  Marshall,  b.  May   11,  1847;  d.  Oct.  14, 

1847. 

1179.  Frank  Wilder,  b.  Aug.  i,  1848;  d.  July  7,  1857. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I3I 

1 180.  Annah  Elizabeth,  b.  June  15,  1S50;  d,  Dec.  31, 
185 1. 

iiSi.  Edgar  William,  b.  Oct.  4,  1S53  ;  of  the  firm  of  C. 
C.  Houghton  &  Co.,  boot  manufacturers,  Worces- 
ter, Mass.  ;  m.  Delia  Harriet  Prentice  (1182) 

1 183.  Delia  Harriet  Prentice,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass., 
June  3,  1854. 

1 183.  Herbert  Walter,   orphan    nephew,    adopted,   b. 

June  15,  185^,  son  of  Timothy  W.  and  Elizabeth 
H.  Warren;  m.  Fannie  Louise  Kendall  (1184)  ; 
res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

1184.  Fannie   Louise  Kendall,  b.   in  Sterling,   Mass., 

July  26,  1857. 


CHILDREN  OF  AUGUSTINE  W.  (1126) 

AND 

PERMELIA  A.  TRIM  (1127)  WOOD. 

1155.  Mary  Augusta,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  4,  1846; 

m.  Edward  Noyes  (1186). 

1156.  Edward  Noyes,  b.  June  27,    1844,  in  Goldsboro, 

Me.  ;   residence  East  Sullivan,  Maine. 

1 187.  Augustine  Washington,   b.   in  Boston,  Feb.   22, 

1848;  served  in  band  of  nth  U.  S.  Infantry,  U. 
S.  Post  band,  Richmond,  Va.  ;  fifteen  years  in 
band  of  17th  U.  S.  Infantry,  —  more  than  ten 
years  of  his  last  service  as  principal  musician  ;  m. 
Rena  Armundson  (1188). 

1188.  Rena  Armundson,  b.   Oct,  16,    1S60,  at  Gudbans- 

dal,  Norway. 

1 189.  Susie   Elizabeth,  b.  in  Boston,   Mass.,  Dec.   18, 

1849;  '^'  William  A.  Searle  (1190);  she  d. 
Sept.  21,  .1876;  no  children. 

1 190.  William  A.  Searle. 


CHILD  OF  LOWELL  MILTON  (1128) 

AND 

MARTHA  BUNKER  (1130)  WOOD. 

1 191.  Josephine  Martha,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  25, 
1863  ;  residence  Boston,  Mass. 


132  AMARIAH    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  (1132) 

AND 

SARAH  ELIZABETH  WOOD  (1131)  FARWELL. 

1 193.  Henry  Augustus,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  June, 27, 
1S41  ;  student  in  Yale  College  and  Harvard  Law 
School  ;  studied  law  with  Davis  &  Stoddard, 
Worcester,  Mass.  ;  was  Principal  of  High  vSchool, 
Illinois  ;  Supt.  City  Schools,  Ohio  ;  Trial  Justice, 
&c.,  Massachusetts:    m.  Alice  Adeline   Benneson 

('193)- 

1 193.  Alice    Adeline   Benneson,  b.  in  Quincy,  Illinois, 

Apr.  8,  1844. 

1 194.  Charles  Alfred,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  June  23, 

1843  ;  d.  Sept.  23,  1844. 

1 195.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  in  Worcester,  July  27,  1845  ; 

d.  Sept.  13,  1847, 


CHILD  OF  SAMPSON  WILDER  (1136) 

AND 

SYLVIA  HOVEY  (1137)  WOOD. 

1196.  George  Amariah,  b.   in   Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  May 

8,  1853;  m.  Chloe  Maria  Cudworth  (1197)  ;   res. 
Winchendon,  Mass. 

1 197.  Chloe  Maria  Cudworth,  b.  June  3,  1855. 


CHILDREN  OF  WILLIAM  SMITH  WOOD  (1139) 

BY    FIRST    WIFE, 

SARAH  S.  KNOWLTON  (1140). 

1 198.  William   Charles,   b.  in  North  Attleboro,  Mass., 

Nov.  18,  1857;  graduate  of  Salem,  Ohio,  High 
school ;  m.  Lizzie  A.  Buchan  (1199)  ;  res.  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

1199.  Lizzie  A.  Buchan,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Jan.  18, 

i860;  graduate  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  High  school. 


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AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I33 

BV    SECOND    WIFE, 

LOUISA  HAMILTON  ANDERSON  (1141). 

1200.  John  Anderson,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Aug.  14, 
^865 ;  graduate  of  Seymour,  Indiana,  High 
school,  1883. 

1301.  Walter  Mabie,  b.  in  Findlay,  Ohio,  Jan.  19,  1871. 

1302.  Orville  Fisk,  b.  in  Salem,  Ohio,  Dec.  15,  1876. 


SEVENTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  LEONARD  (1143) 


AND 


FRANCES  P.  KENYON  (1144)  WOOD. 

1203.  Adeline  Frances  Blaisdell,  b.  in  North  Provi- 

dence,  R.   I.,  Apr.  15,  1850  ;  m.   George  Henry 
Peters  (1204). 

1204.  George   Henry  Peters,  b.  in  Providence,   R.  I., 

Sept.    29,    1838  ;  general  freight  agent  of  Grand 
Trunk  railroad  in  Boston,  Mass. 

1205.  George     Washington     Fremont,    b.     in     North 

Providence,  R.  L,  May  22,  1856  ;  d.  Apr.  5,  18S0. 


CHILD  OF  CHARLES  (1150) 

AND 

ANN  OLIVE  WOOD  (1149)  PRESTWICH. 
1206.  Grace  Wood,  b.  in  North  Providence,  Aug.  6,  1871. 


CHILDREN  OF  OLIVER  ATHERTON  (1151) 

AND 

CLIMENA  HUBBARD  (1152)  WOOD. 

ALL    BORN    IN    SUBLETTE,   LEE    CO.,  ILL. 

1307.  George  Frank,  b.  Oct.  20,  1865. 


134  AMARIAH    WOOD 

1208.  Leon.  Atherton,  b.  Oct.  23,  1S69. 

1209.  Minnie  Gertrude,   b.  May  19,  1S71  ;  d.  Aug.  15, 

1872. 

1210.  Abbie  Eliza,  b.  June  9,  1879;  d.  Mar.  16,  1880. 

121 1.  Oliver  Prescott,  b.  Nov.  29,  1881. 


CHILD  OF  GEORGE  EDWARD  (1160) 


AND 


HANNAH  AMANDA  BABCOCK  (1159)  COLBURN. 
1212.  Albert  Waldo,  b.  Dec.  2,  1870,  in  Boylston,  Mass. 


CHILD  OF  DAVID  (1168) 

AND 

HARRIET  FRANCENA  WOOD  (1167)   HASELTON. 

1 213.  William  Clifford,  b.  in  West  Townsend,  Mass., 
Jan.  18,  1869. 


CHILD  OF  FRANCIS  W.   (1169) 

AND 

HANNAH  MARIA  THURSTON  (1171)  WOOD. 

1 214.   Ida   Frances,  b.  at  Fisbkill  Landing,  N.  Y.,  Dec. 
31,  1872. 


CHILDREN  OF  EDGAR  WILLIAM  (1181) 


and 


DELIA  HARRIET  PRENTICE  (1182)  WARREN. 

1 215.  Bertha  Carrie,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Nov.   6, 

1877;   d.  Jan.  3,  1882. 

1 216.  Henry  Edward,  b.  in  Worcester,  Aug.  3,  1882. 

1 217.  Bessie  Leland,  b.  in  Worcester,  Aug.  2,  1884. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I35 

CHILDREN  OF  EDWARD  (iiS6) 

AND 

MARY  AUGUSTA  WOOD  (1-185)  NO  YES. 

1 218.  Edward  Augustine,  b.  Dec.  31,  1867,  in  Cutler, 
Maine  ;  d.  Feb.  1,  1868. 

1 3 19.  Addte  Villa,  b.  Nov.  27,  1868,  in  Cutler,  Me. 

I230.  Susie  May,  b.  Jan.  23,  1871,  in  Sullivan,  Me. 

1321.  Edward  Raymond,  b.  Dec.  30,  1S73,  in  Sullivan, 
Me. 

1232.  John  Farwell,  b.  Feb.  19,  1875,  in  Sullivan,  Me.  ; 
d.  Apr.  4,  1884;  accidentally  hanged  while  play- 
ing with  a  roller  towel. 

1333.  George  Taft,  b.  Aug.  35,  1879,  in  Sullivan,  Me. 

1234.  William  Wood,  b.  May  33,  1883,  in  Sullivan,  Me. 


CHILDREN  OF  AUGUSTINE   WASHINGTON  WOOD, 

JR.   (1187) 

AND 

RENA  ARMUNDSON  (1188)  WOOD. 

1335.  Alfred  Lester,  b.   in  Fort  Yates,  Dakota   Terri- 

tory, Jan.  31,  1878. 

1336.  Susie  Adelaide,  b.  in  Fort  Yates,  Dakota  Territory, 

Sept.  33,  1879. 
1237.  Annie  Irene,  b.   in   Rothsay,  Minnesota,  Jan.  18, 
1882. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  AUGUSTUS  (1192) 

AND 

ALICE  ADELINE  BENNESON  (1193)  FARWELL. 

1328.   Robert   Benneson,   b.   in  Qiiincy,   111.,   Mar.    35, 

1871. 
1339.  Seymour   Allston,   b.    in   Norwalk,   O.,  Dec.   8, 

1872. 
1330.  Oscar  John,  b.  in  Ironton,  O.,  Jan.  24,  1875. 


136  AMARIAH    WOOD 

1 231.  Theodore    Channing,  b.  in    Hubbardston,  Mass., 

Jan.  24,  1877. 

1232.  Henry  Warren,  b.  in   Hubbardston,  Mass.,  Nov. 

29,   1878;  d.  Apr.  21,  1880. 

1233.  Clarence  Gilbert,  b.  Oct.  16,  1880,  in  Hubbards- 

ton, Mass. 

1234.  Everett  Lawrence,  b.  July    15,   1883,  in   Hub- 

bai'dston,  Mass. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  AMARIAH  (1196) 

and 
CHLOE  MARIA  CUDWORTH  (1197)  WOOD. 

1235.  Clara  May,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Feb.  5,  1875. 

1236.  John   Wilder,   b.   in    Worcester,    Mass.,  Mar.    6, 

1876. 

1237.  Florence   Famelia,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Mar. 

18,  1881. 


CHILD  OF  WILLIAM  CHARLES  (1198) 

and 

LIZZIE  A.  BUCHAN  (1199)  WOOD. 

1238.  John  Buchan,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Dec.  13,  1884. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


CHILD  OF  GEORGE  HENRY  (1204) 

AND 

AD  ALINE  FRANCES  BLAISDELL  WOOD  (1203) 
PETERS. 

1239.  Lillian  Westcott,  b.  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  June  23, 
1878. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  137 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  FRANK  (523) 

AND 

MARY  WOOD  (532)  PRIEST. 


CHILDREN. 


1340.  JopiN  Wood,  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vt.,  Oct.  18,  1809;  m. 

Olive  Wakefield  (1341)  ;  Luciiida  Staftbrd  (1343)  ; 
Kathevine  E.  Wright  (1343)  ;  Mrs.  Phoebe  Eggle- 
ston  (1344).  Has  been  Mayor  of  Springfield, 
Illinois,  three  terms,  and  has  been  prominent  there 
as  a  man  of  wealth  and  enterprise. 

1 341.  Olive    Wakefield,    of    Parishville,    N.    Y.  ;    d. 

1843. 
1343.  Lucinda  Stafford,    of  Springfield,  111.  ;  d.  Sept. 
10,  1851. 

1343.  Katherine  E.  Wright,  of  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N. 

Y.  ;  deceased. 

1344.  Mrs.  Phcebe  Eggleston,  of  Rochester,  111. 

1345.  Niana  Jones,  b.   in  Pomfret,   Vt.,  Nov.  37,  iSio; 

m.  Henry  Converse  (1346)  ;  d.  Aug.  17,  1883. 

1346.  Henry  Converse,  b.   in  Lyme,   Grafton  Co.,  N. 

H.,  June  7,  1806.  He  has  been  an  active,  ener- 
getic citizen,  and  has  accumulated  a  handsome 
property.  Himself  and  wife  have  always  been 
interested  in  the  care  of  orphans,  having  furnished 
a  home  for  16  in  number.  They  celebrated  their 
golden  wedding,  Feb.  4,  1880,  and  had  lived 
together  over  fifty-two  years  when  she  was  killed 
by  a  runaway  team. 

1347.  Maria,    b.    in    Pomfret,    Vt.,    Apr.    36,    i8i3;  m. 

Charles  B.  Smythe  (1348)  ;  d.  Aug.  9,  1856. 

1348.  Charles  B.  Smythe;  m.  in  1834  ;d.  Apr.  i,  1859. 

1349.  Mary,    b.    in    Pomfret,    Vt.,    Mar,    14,    1814;    m. 

George  B.  Pease  (1350)  ;  d.  Feb.  11,  1844. 
13 


138  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

1250.  George  B.  Pease,   m,  Sept.  31,  1834. 

1251.  Lucy,  b.   in  Parishville,  N.   Y.,  Nov.  5,   1816;  m. 

J.  H.  Currier  (1252)  ;  d.  Apr.  9,  1858. 

1252.  J.  H.  Currier;  m.  Feb.  16,  1848. 

1253.  Benjamin  Franklin,  who   always  writes   his  name 

Franklin  Priest,  has  been  prominently  connected 
with  the  important  enterprises  in  Decatur,  Illinois, 
and  has  twice  been  Mayor  of  that  city  ;  b.  in  Par- 
ishville, N.  Y.,  Feb,  20,  1818;  m.  Adeline  Pike 
(1254)  ;  Abigail  Jane  Priest  (1255). 

1254.  Adeline  Pike;  m.  in  Painesville,  Ohio;  d.   Sept. 

23,  1854. 

1255.  Abigail  Jane  Priest,  of  Littleton,  Mass.  ;  d.  Mar. 

22,  1883. 

1256.  Miranda,    b.    Oct.    22,    1819;     m.   J.   H.   Currier, 

Mar.  26,  1846;  d.  May  i,  1847. 

1257.  Luther,  b.   in  Parishville,  N.   Y.,  Mar.   31,  1821. 

Capt.  Co.  E,  1 06th  Regt.  N.  Y.  Vol.  in  Civil 
War;  m.  Barbara  Rose  (1258);  Elizabeth  F. 
Rose  (1259)  '  ^-  Mar.  14,  1863,  at  Martinsburg, 
Va.  ;  buried  at  Parishville,  N.  Y. 

1258.  Barbara   Rose;    d.  Mar.    27,    1849;   she   left   no 

children. 
1359.  Elizabeth  F.  Rose;  m.  Jan.  31,  1852. 
1260.  Frederick  W.   L.,   b.   Apr.  38,  1823;  m.  Eveline 

E.  Parker  (1261)  ;  Susan  Cassidy  (1262)  ;  Sarah 

Johnson  (1263). 
1361.  Eveline  E.    Parker,  b.  Sept.  6,  1825;  d.  1866. 

1262.  Susan  Cassidy  ;  m.  Feb.  25,  1868  ;  d.  Jan.  14,  1870. 

1263.  Sarah  Johnson,  3d  wife;  m.  June  28,  1871. 

1264.  Valentine  Thomas,  b.  in  Parishville,  N.  Y.,  June 

16,  1831  ;  m.  Celestia  B.  Sanford  (1265)  ;  resi- 
dence for  past  seventeen  years,  Helena,  Montana 
Territory. 

1265.  Celestia  B.  Sanford,  b.  in  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N. 

Y.,  Mar.  29,  1833. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  139 

SIXTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  WOOD  PRIEST  (1340) 

BY    FIRST    WIFE, 

OLIVE  WAKEFIELD  (1341)   PRIEST. 

1366.  Franklin    G.,    b.    in    Paiishville,    N.  Y.,   Jan.    7, 

1839  '■>  d-  ^^"^-  ^9'  ^^4^- 

BY    SECOND    WIFE, 

LUCINDA  STAFFORD  (1343)  PRIEST. 

1367.  Olive   Lucinda,  b.  Feb.  34,    1846,    in  Springfield, 

111.  ;   m.  George  Clayton  Latham  (1368). 
136S.  George   Clayton  Latham,  b.  in  Springfield,  111., 
Sept.  18,  1843. 

1369.  John   Orson,   b.    in  Springfield,  111.,  Oct.  6,  1847; 

d.  Dec.  33,  1S47. 

1370.  Mary   Eliza,  b.  in   Springfield,  111.,  Nov.  3,  1S48  ; 

m.  Silas  W.  Currier  (1371). 

1371.  Silas  W.  Currier;  m.  July  15,  1S78. 

1373.  Emma  Rebecca,   b.   in  Springfield,    111.,  .Sept.   38, 
1850;  d.  Sept.  I,  1 85 1. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  (1346) 


AND 


NIANA  JONES  PRIEST  (1345)  CONVERSE. 

1373.  Henry   Franklin,  b.   in  Parishville,   N.  Y.,  Dec. 

36,  1830  ;  d.  May  14,  1851.  (Killed  by  an  Indian 
in  California). 

1374.  William  Otis,  b.  in  Painesville,  O.,  June  30,  1S40; 

m.  Ella  Little  (1375). 

1375.  Ella  Little,  b.  in  Springfield,  111.,  Dec.  14,  1847. 

1376.  Albert  Luther,  b.    in   Painesville,  O.,  June  39, 

1843;  graduated  in  medicine  March  4,  1864,  and 
is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Springfield,  111.  ;  m. 
Henrietta  Thompson  (1277),  Sept.  6,  1864. 


[^O  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

1277.  Henrietta  Thompson,  b.  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  Mar. 
16,  1844. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  B.   (124S) 

AND 

MARIA  PRIEST  (1247)  SMYTHE. 

127S.  Agnes,  b.  July  6,  1835  ;  m.  Oscar  E.  Dowe  (1279). 

1279.  Oscar  E.  Dowe. 

1280.  Inez,  b.  May  28,  1837;  d.  Dec.  i,  1845. 

1281.  Charles,   b.   Sept.    18,    1843;    m.   Marcella  Greer 

(1282)  ;  d.  Apr.  21,  1868. 

1282.  Marcella  Greer. 

1283.  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  20,  1845;  d.  Aug.  6,  1855. 

1284.  James,   b.   July  9,    1847;  m.  Elizabeth  Testament 

(1285). 

1285.  Elizabeth  Testament. 

1286.  Frank    H.,    b.    Aug.    20,    1850;    m.   Annis    Glick 

(1287). 
12S7.  Annis  Glick. 

1288.  John   Husted,  b.  May  21,  1852;  m.  Matilda  Field 

(1289). 

1289.  Matilda  Field. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  B.   (1250) 

AND 

MARY  PRIEST  (1249)  PEASE. 

1290.  George  L.,  b.   in  Painesville,  O.,  June   26,   1835; 

m.  J.  Frances  Gregory  (1291). 

1 291.  J.  Frances   Gregory,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 

6,  1866. 

1292.  Mary  Miranda,  b.  in  Parishville,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  20, 

1837;  ^-   Newton  Bliss  Burnap  (1293)  ;  d.  July 
24,  1863. 

1293.  Newton  Bliss  Burnap;  m.  Sept.  6,  i860;  d.  Sept. 

10,  1882. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I4I 

CHILDREN  OF  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  PRIEST 

(1253). 

BY    FIRST    WIFE, 

ADELINE  PIKE  (1254)  PRIEST. 

1394.  Joseph   Franklin,  b.   in  Painesville.    O.,  Sept.  3, 

1846. 

1395.  Mary     Adeline,   b.   in  Springfield,   III.,  Feb.    35, 

184S;  m.  John  O'Neal  (1296). 

1396.  John  O'Neal;  m.  in  Decatur,  111. 

1397.  George  Rogers,  b.  in  Springfield,  111.,  Nov.   18, 

1849;  '^'  J'^li^  McNamara    (1398);  d.  Jan.    13, 
1884. 

1398.  Julia  McNamara;    m.   in   Decatur,    111.,  June  8, 

1879. 

BY    SECOND    WIFE, 

ABIGAIL  JANE  PRIEST  (1355)  PRIEST. 

1399.  Hattie,   b.    in   Decatur,  111.,  Jan.  3,  i860;  d.  July 

35,  i860. 
1300.   Attie  L.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1862,  in  Decatur,  111.  ;  d.  July 
I,  1876. 


CHILD  OF  J.  H. 

AND 

MIRANDA  PRIEST    (1356)    CURRIER. 
1301.  AzRO,  b.  Jan.  15,  1847;  ^-  J^'y  28,  1864. 


CHILDREN  OF  LUTHER  (1257) 

AND 

ELIZABETH  F.  ROSE  (1259)  PRIEST. 

1302.  Addie   Barbara,   b.   Dec.    27,  1854;  "^-  Edgar  A. 

Newell  (1303),  Nov.  19,  1879. 

1303.  Edgar  A.  Newell. 

1304.  Cynthia  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  2,  1858  ;  d.  Aug.  29, 

1877. 

1305.  Lucy  Rose,  b.  June  i,  1861. 


1^2  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  FREDERICK  W.  L.  PRIEST  (1260) 

BY  FIRST  WIFE, 

EVELINE  E.  PARKER  (1261)  PRIEST. 

1306.  Clarissa  Mary,  b.   Oct.    26,    1846;    m.    Harrison 

McDaniel  (1307)  ;  d.  Aug.  3,  1879. 

1307.  Harrison  McDaniel  ;  m.  Feb.,  1868;  d.  1882. 

1308.  Orville   F.,  b.   May   22,    1848;  m.  Jennie  Taylor 

(1309),  in  1881  ;  have  two  daughters. 

1309.  Jennie  Taylor. 

1310.  Frank  L.,  b.  Aug.  i,  1850. 

1311.  Lucy    D.,   b.    Feb.    30,    1852;    m.    Peter   Lanham 

(131 2),  in  1883. 

13 1 2.  Peter  Lanham. 

1 3 13.  Niana  M.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1855  ; 

1314.  Ina  E.,  b.  Oct.  1857  ;  d.  Jan.  1859. 

1315.  Harriet  E.,   b.   Dec.  27,  1859;  m.  Russell 

(1316)  ;  have  two  daughters. 

1316.  Russell. 

1317.  Frederick  F.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1861. 

BY  second  wife, 

SUSAN  CASSIDY  (1262)  PRIEST. 

1318.  Susan  A.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1870;  d.  Aug.  7,  1870. 

BY  THIRD  WIFE, 

SARAH  JOHNSON  (1263)  PRIEST. 

1 3 19.  John  W.,  b.  June  5,  1872. 

1320.  Thomas  W.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1S79. 


CHILDREN  OF  VALENTINE  THOMAS  (1264) 

and 

CELESTIA  B.  SANFORD  (1265)  PRIEST. 

1321.   Celestia   Abba,   b.    in   Taylorsville,    111.,  Oct.   25, 

1855  ;  d.  June  11,  1856. 
1323.   Permelia  Clarinda,  b.  in   Taylorsville,  111.,  Aug. 

10,  1859;   "''•  Clarence  M.  Goodale  (1323). 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  143 

1323.  Clarence   M.    Goodale  ;  m.  in  Helena,  Montana 

Territory,  Aug.  15,  iSSo. 

1324.  Mary  Abba,  b.  in  Taylorsville,  111.,  June  28,  1S61  ; 

d.  Jan.  15,  1S65. 

1325.  Celestia   Sanford,    b.    in   Taylorsville,   111.,  Aug. 

13,  1863?  d.  Jan.  38,  1865. 

1326.  Alice   Sanford,   b.   in  Taylorsville,   111.,  Tan.    10 

1S68. 


SEVENTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  CLAYTON  (136S) 


AND 


OLIVE  LUCINDA  PRIEST  (1267)  LATHAM. 

ALL  BORN  IN  SPRINGFIELD,   ILL. 

1327.  Olive  Priest,  b.  Sept.  2,  1868. 

1328.  Mary  Magruder,  b.  Sept.  6,  1870. 

1329.  John  Priest,  b.  Jan.  31,  1S75. 

1330.  Georgia  Clayton,  b.  Sept.  8,  1S82. 


CHILD  OF  SILAS  W.   (1371) 


AND 


MARY  ELIZA  PRIEST  (1370)  CURRIER. 

1331.  Mary  Lucinda,   b.  ^in    Springfield,  111.,    Tune   lo 
1880.  ^' 


CHILDREN  OF  WILLIAM  OTIS  (1374) 

AND 

ELLA  LITTLE  (1275)  CONVERSE. 

ALL    BORN    IN    SPRINGFIELD,   ILL. 

1332.  Nina  Little,  b.  Aug.  i,  1874. 

1333.  Elsie  May,  b.  Apr.  i,  1876. 

1334.  Nellie,  b.  Aug.  5,  1880. 


144  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD 

CHILDREN   OF  ALBERT  LUTHER  (1276) 

AND 

HENRIETTA  THOMPSON  (1377)  CONVERSE. 

ALL  BORN  IN  SPRINGFIELD,  ILL. 

1335.  Florence   Niana,  b.  Aug.   24,  1S65  ;  d.  Sept.  37, 

18S3. 

1336.  Anais  D.,  b.  July  24,  1867. 

1337.  Olive    Thompson,  b.  June   37,  1870;    d.  Feb.   6, 

1872. 

1338.  Henry  Aaron,  b.  Sept.  9,  1875. 

1339.  Albert  Edward,  b.  Feb.  36,  1881. 


CHILDREN  OF  OSCAR  E.   (1379) 

and 
AGNES  SMYTHE  (1278)  DOWE. 

1340.  Inez  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  11,  1855  ;  d.  Dec.  11,  1855. 

1341.  Charles  Eugene,  b.  July  35,  1857. 

1342.  Mary   Isabelle,   b.   Nov.   4,    1S60;    d.    June    39, 

1882. 

1343.  Grace  W.,  b.  June  13,  1S71  ;  d.  Aug.  34,  1875. 

1344.  Georgia  Agnes,   b.    Sept.  9,    1874;    d.   Aug.   34, 

1S75. 

1345.  Paul  LaBaron,  b.  July  i,  1877. 


CHILD  OF  CHARLES  (13S1) 

AND 

MARCELLA  GREER  (1382)  SMYTHE. 
1346.  Charles  G.  ;  d.  Sept.,  1869,  aged  i  yr. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  (1284) 

AND 

ELIZABETH  TESTAMENT  (1285)  SMYTHE. 

1347.  John  Herbert,  b.  May,  1870. 

1348.  Charles,  b.  Dec,  1872. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I45 


1349.  Oscar,  b.  Aug.,  1S75. 

1350.  Henry,  b.  Nov.,  1S79. 

1351.  Son,  b.  July  1SS3;  el.  18S4. 


CHILDREN  OF  FRANK  H.   (1286) 


ANNIS  CLICK  (1287)  SMYTHE. 

1352.  Inez,  b.  1871. 
1353-  Henry,  b.  1873. 

1354.  Walter,  b.  1875  ;  d.  Mar.  1884. 

1355.  Frank,  b.  1877. 

1356.  Charles,  b.  i88o. 

1357.  Gladys,  b.  May,  1882. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  HUSTED  (128S) 


MATILDA  FIELD  (12S9)  SMYTHE. 

1358.  Florence  Bertie,  b.  Nov.  5,  1879. 

1359.  James  Luther,  b.  Mar.  31,  1881. 


CHILD  OF  GEORGE  L.   (1290) 

AND 

J.  FRANCES  GREGORY  (1291)  PEASE 
1360.   Gertrude  G.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1866. 


CHILD  OF  NEWTON  BLISS  (1293) 

AND 

MARY  MIRANDA  PEASE  (1292)  BURNAP. 

1361.  Frank  P.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1861. 
H 


146  DEA.    JOHN    WOOD. 

CHILD  OF  JOHN  (1296) 

AND 

MARY  ADELINE  PRIEST  (1395)  O'NEAL. 
1363.  Georgie  O'Neal. 


CHILD  OF  GEORGE  ROGERS  (1397) 

AND 

JULIA  McNAMARA  (129S)  PRIEST. 
1363.  Mary  Ethel  Georgia,  b.  Sept.  2S,  iSSt. 


CHILDREN  OF  EDGAR  A.   (1303) 


ADDIE  BARBARA  PRIEST  (1303)  NEWELL. 

1364.  Albert  Priest,  b.  Jan.  3,  18S3. 

1365.  William  Allan,  b.  Apr.  33,  1S83. 


CHILD  OF  HARRISON  (1307) 

AND 

CLARISSA  MARY  PRIEST  (1306)  McDANIEL. 
1366.  Robert  Priest,  b.  in  1873. 


LYDIA   (wood)   DAVIS  AND  DESCENDANTS.  I47 

LYDIA  WOOD. 

OLIVER  AND  LYDIA  (WOOD)   (493)  DAVIS 

AND 

THEIR  DESCENDANTS. 

Lydia  Wood  married  Oliver  Davis,  Dec.  8,  1763. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Wood,  who  was  son  of 
Jeremiah  Wood.  She  was  a  sister  of  Dea.  John  Wood, 
Timothy,  Ebenezer,  and  Sahnon.  Oliver  Davis  was  the 
son  of  Eleazer  and  Sarah  Davis  of  Harvard,  Mass. 
Eleazer  Davis  came  to  this  country  from  England  ;  he 
was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  War.  His  son 
Oliver  was  one  of  the  minute-men  in  the  beginning  of  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  was  present  at  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill.  He  had  by  wife,  Lydia  Wood,  five  chil- 
dren ;  two  daughters  and  three  sons  : 

1901.  Sarah,  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass,  Mar.  8,  1765. 
1903.  Oliver,  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  May  12,  1767. 

1903.  David. 

1904.  Jonas. 

1905.  Mary,  or  perhaps  Hepsibah  or  otherwise,  as  my 

informers  do  not  agree  upon  the  name,  and  I  have 
not  an  official  record. 

Sarah  may  have  been  the  Sarah  Gary  mentioned  on 
page  58.  Oliver,  David  and  Jonas  went  to  Hancock,  N. 
H.,  in  1794  or  5,  and  settled  near  their  uncle  Salmon 
Wood,  who  had  previously  located  there.  Oliver  and 
David  settled  near  each  other,  and  built  houses  on  the 
land  they  bought,  which  are  still  owned  and  occupied  by 
their  descendants,  having  always  retained  the  Davis 
name. 

Oliver  sold  and  moved  to  Acworth,  N.  H.,  in  1822, 
where  he  died  in  1851. 


148  LYDIA    (wood)    DAVIS 

David  remained  on  his  old  place  in  Hancock  till  his 
death. 

Jonas  died  in  Dublin,  N.  H.,  leaving  no  children. 

The  younoest  daughter  settled  in  Vermont. 

Their  mother,  Lydia  (Wood)  Davis,  d.  in  Harvard, 
Mass.,  after  which  their  father  married  again  and  had 
Jonathan,  Eleazer,  Ephraim,  Lydia  and  Ann.  He  died 
in  Harvard,  Mass. 

Oliver  Davis  (1902),  son  of  Oliver  and  Lydia  (Wood) 
Davis,  first  m.  in  1790,  Sally  Pollard  of  Harvard  or 
Leominster,  Mass.,  before  he  settled  in  Hancock,  N.  H. 
I  Lad  by  Sally  Pollard  seven  children,  six  girls  and  one 
boy,  viz :  Sally,  Lydia,  Lucy,  Betsy,  John,  Lucinda 
(died  young),  and  Lucinda.  He  m.  2nd,  Relief  Heath, 
by  whom  he  had  seven  children,  viz :  Levi,  Thomas 
J.,  Oliver,  Nancy,  Joseph,  Emeline  and  Samuel. 

I. 

1930.  Sally    Davis,   the   eldest,  born    1791  ;    m.   Joshua 

Greenwood  ;  settled  in  Dublin,  N.  H.  ;  had  one  girl 
and  five  boys. 

The  girl  Sarah,  m.  Wm.  Dickerson  and  settled  in 
Keene,  N.  H. 

Charles  m.  Adeline  McGilvary.  He  was  a  Methodist 
preacher. 

Curtis  lived  in  Woburn,  Mass. 

Henry,  clerk  in  Boston  ;  unmarried. 

Monroe,  settled  in  San  Francisco  ;  principal  officer  of 
Telegraph  and  Telephone  Co.  there. 

II. 

1931.  Lydia  Davis,  b.  1793;  m.  Jonathan  Sleeper;  2nd, 

m.  Edward  Savage;  settled  first  in  Unity,  N.  H., 
and  afterwards  in  Acworth,  N.  II.  ;  no  children  ; 
she  d.  1S7S. 


AND    DESCENDANTS.  I49 

III. 

1932.  Lucy  Davis,  b.  1795  ;  d.  1861  ;  m.  Benj.  Winship  ; 

settled  in  Hancock,  N.  H.  ;  had  eleven  children, 
viz  :  George,  John.  Elizabeth  Ann,  Abel,  Brown, 
Oliver,  Lydia,  Mark,  Relief,  vSarah,  Horace;  all 
but  two  living,  John  and  Lydia  ;  of  the  others, 
most  of  them  reside  in  Boston,  Mass.,  or  vicinity. 

IV. 

1933.  Betsy  Davis,  b.    179S;  m.  Reid  Richardson  ;  set- 

tled in  Peterboro',  N.  H.  ;  iiad  seven  children, 
viz  :  Lydia  Jane,  Charles,  Betsey,  Eliza,  Nancy 
Emeline  and  Joshua  ;  Charles,  Nancy  and  Betsey 
deceased. 

V. 

1934.  John   Davis,  b.  1800;  m.  Catherine  E.  Houghton; 

settled  in  Acworth,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  always 
lived.  A  successful  farmer ;  had  four  children  : 
Charles  J.,  Nancy,  Henry  and  Josephine.  All 
deceased  but  Charles  J.,  who  lives  with  his  father 
on  the  farm  in  Acworth. 

VI. 
193=^.   LuciNDA  Davis,  b.  1803  ;  died  young. 

VII. 

1936.  LuciNDA  Davis,  b.  1804;  d.  1S81  ;  m.    ist,  George 

Clark  ;  had  one  son,  John  Clark.  She  m.  3nd, 
Benj.  Fletcher;  settled  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  had 
seven  children,  Mary  E.  Fletcher,  Lydia,  Ben- 
jamin, Cooledge,  Lucius  C,  Joseph  and  Lucinda. 
All  living  but  Joseph,  who  died  in  the  army,  and 
Lucinda,  who  died  young.  Benjamin  Fletclicr 
was  one  of  the  overseers  in  Forge  Shop,  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  and  was  two  terms  Mayor  of  that  city. 

VIII. 

1937.  Levi  Davis,  b.  1S05  ;  d.  1880;  m.  Susan    Parsons; 

settled  in  Acworth,  N.  H.  ;  had  Sarah  F.,  and 
Josephine,  deceased. 


150  LYDIA    (wood)    DAVIS 

IX. 

1938.  Thomas  J.  Davis,   b.    1S07;    m.   Calista   Newton; 

settled  in  Ac  worth,  N.  H.  ;  had  Joab  N.,  Hub- 
bard L.  and  Miranda  C.  ;  sons  now  living, 
daughter  died  young.  The  father  m.  2nd,  Mrs. 
Polly  Washburn  ;  had  no  children. 

X. 

1939.  Oliver   Davis,  son  of   Oliver  and  Relief  (Heath) 

Davis,  b.  1S09  ;  d.  1882  ;  he  m.  Elizabeth  Moore  ; 
settled  in  Lempster,  N.  H.  ;  had  eight  children, 
viz:  Henry  J.,  George  E.,  Jefferson  T.,  Charles 
B.,  Lucy,  William,  Benjamin  F.  and  Lizzie. 

XL 

1940.  Nancy  Davis,  b.  iSii  ;  d.  1883.     She  m.  ist,  John 

Adams ;  settled  in  New  York ;  had  one  child, 
Ronie  C.  ;  she  m.  2nd,  Eldad  Butler ;  settled  in 
Manchester,  N.  H.  ;  had  two  children,  Imogene 
and  Josephine. 

xn. 

1941.  Joseph  Davis,  b.  1813  ;  m.  Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Wallace, 

widow  of  Dr.  John  Wallace,  of  Milford,  N.  H.,  by 
whom  she  had  one  son,  John  J.  Wallace,  railroad 
clerk  in  J.  Gould's  office,  Peoria,  Illinois.  She 
had  two  children  by  Joseph  Davis  :  Charles  J.  and 
Emma  C.  ;  the  latter  died  Sept.  24,  185 1,  aged  two 
years.  The  son,  Chaides  J.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1841,  m. 
Sarah  Twiss,  of  Antrim,  N.  H.,  May,  1865  ;  his 
wife  died  Jan.  20,  1870,  leaving  three  children, 
Emma  C,  b.  July  2,  1867  ;  Edward  J.,  b.  Oct.  26, 
1S68;  Frank  T.,  b.  Jan,  13,  1870.  Charles  J., 
their  father,  d.  July  2,   1883. 

Joseph  Davis  settled  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  attended  academies  in  Cavendish,  Vt. 
and  Hancock,  N.  H.,  and  taught  school  every  year  from 
three  to  nine  months  for  over  thirty  years ;  married  in 
1840.     In  1841  opened  a  store  in  Hancock,  and  continued 


AND    DESCENDANTS.  151 

in  trade  until  about  1850,  never  relinquishing  his  school 
work.  He  was  Superintending  School  Committee  litteen 
to  twenty  years,  Town  Clerk  some  twelve  years,  Town 
Treasurer  eight  years,  Representative  to  the  General 
Court  two  years,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen 
three  years.     An  influential  man. 

XIII. 

1942.  Emeline   Davis,   b.    1S15  ;  m.    Henry  Gould;  set- 

tled in  Acworth ;  afterwards  removed  to  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.  ;  had  three  children,  Emma  L., 
Lillian  V.,  Albina.     Lillian  deceased. 

XIV. 

1943.  Samuel  Davis,  b.    1816;  m.  Cassandra  Marshall; 

settled  in  Unity,  N.  H.  ;  had  two  children,  Ellen 
M,  and  Sabrina  ;  m.  3nd,  Rowena  Keyes  ;  had  by 
her  two  children,  Martin  and  Emma.  Obtained 
an  education  and  taught  school  many  years,  after 
which  engaged  in  farming  in  Unity,  N.  H. 


David  (1903),  son  of  Oliver  and  Lydia  (Wood)  Davis, 
had  one  son  and  four  daughters  ;  one  died  young.  Han- 
nah, David,  Polly  and  Melvina  married  and  had  families. 

I. 

1944.  Hannah  ;  m.  Amos  Knight  and  had  four  children. 

II. 

1945.  David    Davis,    Jr.,    b.    Apr.    36,   1795;    m.  Sally 

Hayward  ;  d.  Feb.  5,  1858. 

children  : 

Preston  R.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1820. 
Charles  H.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1825. 
George  D.,  b.  July  13,  1833. 
Milan  E.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1839. 


152  LYDIA    (wood)    DAVIS. 

Preston  R,  lives  in  Peterboro,  N.  H.  He  has  two  sons 
in  clothing  house  there,  "  E.  G.  Davis  &  Co." 

Charles  H.,  d.  George  D.  is  married  and  lives  in 
Orange,  Mass 

Milan  E.  Davis  m.  Ellen  M.  Jenkins  and  had  Wilfred 
M.,  Frank  R.,  d.  aged  about  3  yrs.,  Nellie  L.,  Emma  S., 
Alice  M.,  and  George  F. 

Milan  E.  Davis  resides  upon  the  homestead  of  his 
grandfather,  David  Davis,  in  Hancock,  N.  H.  A  good 
citizen. 

III. 

1946.  Polly    Davis,    m.   Reed    Washburn  for   her   first 

husband  who  died.  She  afterwards  m.  Jefferson 
Davis. 

IV. 

1947.  Melvina   Davis,    ni.  William   Lakin   and   had   five 

children,  all  girls,  thi'ee  now  living,  viz  :  Ellen 
H.,  m.  Hon.  Adolphus  G.  Foster,  of  Hancock, 
N.  H.  ;  Ann,  m.  John  Little,  and  Mary,  m. 
Charles  Little,  brothers ;  residence  of  both  in 
California. 


TIMOTHY    WOOD    AND    DESCENDANTS.  1 53 

TIMOTHY  WOOD. 

TIMOTHY  (494)  AND  ELIZABETH  (CHENEY)  WOOD 

AND 

DESCENDANTS. 

Timothy,  son  of  John  andLydia  (Davis)  Wood,  lived 
for  a  time  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  but  finally  setded  in  Har- 
vard, Mass.,  the  home  of  his  grandparents,  Ebenezer  and 
Sarah  Davis,  and  died  there  July  i8,  1801,  aged  51  years, 
II  months  and  9  days;  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Cheney) 
Wood,  d.  Sept.  10,  1796,  aged  49  years,  11  months,  25 
days.     They  had  three  children  : 

1948.  John,  b.  March  34,  1772. 

1949.  Betsey,  b.  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  June  7,  1777. 

1950.  Susanna,  b.  iu  Rindge,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1779. 

John  (1948),  son  of  Timothy,  m.  Lois  Humphries, 
dau.  of  John  Humphries,  of  Scituate.  The  husband 
died  July  19,  1832.  The  wife  Lois,  b.  Sept.  13,  1773; 
d.  March  24,  1838.     They  had  : 

1951.  Francis,  b.  Jan.  i,  1803;  d.  Feb.  38,  1838. 
1953.  Harvey,  b.  Feb.  11,  1S05  ;  d.  Aug.  33,  1884. 
1953.  John    Harrison,    b.    Oct.    13,    181 1  ;  d.   Mar.   36, 

1834. 

Francis  m.  his  second  cousin,  Mary  Wood,  dau.  of 
Carshena  and  Betsy  (Lawrence)  Wood.  She  was  b. 
Oct.  26,  1808. 

Francis  died.  After  a  time  his  brother  Harvey  m.  his 
widow,  and  she  died  April  23,  1879.  ^^  children  by 
either  marriage. 

Timothy  Wood  and  wife,  their  son  John  Wood  and 
wife,  John's  sons,  Francis  and  Harvey  Wood  and  wife 
15 


1^4  TIMOTHY    WOOD 

are  buried  in  the  Harvard  cemetery,  Mass.,  near  the 
Congregational  Church  edifice,  to  which  church  Harvey 
Wood  left  several  thousand  dollars  at  his  decease  in  1884. 
Eliphalet  Wood,  an  uncle  of  Timothy,  and  several  of 
his  descendants  are  buried  in  this  cemetery. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  BETSEY  WOOD  (1949) 

AND 

BENJAMIN  JEWETT. 

Betsey  Wood  wasb.  atRindge,  N.H.,  June  7,  1777  ; 
moved  to  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  was  there  married.  May 
6,  1802,  to  Benjamin  Jewett,  of  Littleton,  Mass.,  who  was 
b.  Mar.  i,   1773.     Had: 

1954.  Benjamin,  Jr.,  b.  July  10,  1803. 

1955.  Betsey,  b.  Sept.  4,  1S04. 

1956.  Louisa,  b.  Feb.  7.  1806. 

1957.  A  Daughter,  b.  and  d.  March  15,  1807. 

1958.  Clakinda,  b.  Mar.  11,  1S08;  d.  aged  i  yr.  9  mo. 

1959.  AcyjiLLA,  b.  Dec.  2,  1810 ;  d.  aged  i  yr.  2  mo. 
i960.  George  A.,  b.  Feb.  35,  1813. 

1961.  Susannah,  b.  Mar.  i,  1815. 

1962.  Timothy,  b.  Oct.  33,  1817. 

1963.  George  IL,  b.  Aug.  31,  1S20;  d.  aged  2  yrs. 

Jan.  29,  1823,  Benjamin  Jewett,  husband  of  Betsey 
(Wood)  Jewett,  died  and  was  buried  at  Littleton.  All 
their  children  were  b.  in  Littleton,  excepting  Louisa  and 
a  dau.  not  named,  who  were  b.  in  Petersham,  Mass. 

April  2,  1828,  Betsey  Wood  Jewett  m.  Dea.  David 
Chatterton,  of  Mount  Holly,  Vermont.  He  died  Oct.  12, 
1837  ;  no  children  by  this  marriage. 

Dea.  Chatterton  was,  for  over  twenty  years  immediately 
preceding  his  death,  a  deacon  and  an  active  member  of 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 55 

the  Baptist  church  of  his  town.  He  was  a  successful 
farmer,  acquiring  considerable  property.  He  reared  a 
family  of  five  children. 

Betsey  Wood  Jewett  Chatterton,  on  the  loth  day  of 
March,  1844,  m.  Levi  Bailey,  of  Redding,  Vt.,  and  he 
d.  Oct.  21,  1850.     No  children  by  this  marriage. 

Mr.  Bailey  was  what  might  be  called  in  his  day  "  a 
rich  man,"  owning  and  operating  a  large  woollen  factory, 
employing  over  one  hundred  hands  ;  he  was  extensively 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  and  kept  a  large  hotel. 

Nov.  6,  1853,  Betsey  fWood)  Jewett  Chatterton  Bailey 
died  at  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  was  buried  in  the  Harvard 
cemetery. 

Her  grandson,  Judge  Mason  D.  Chatterton  of  Mason, 
Ingham  County,  Michigan,  has  furnished  many  of  the 
records  of  her  descendants. 


I. 

Benjamin  Jewett  (1954),  son  of  Benjamin  and  Betsey 
(Wood)  Jewett,  was  m.  at  Harvard,  Mass.,  Dec.  27, 
1827,  to  Clarissa  Emerson.      Had  : 

1964.  Maria  E.,  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  Sept.  17,  1S33. 

1965.  Clarissa  L.,  1).  in  Harvard,  Jvily  26,    1843.     Both 

of  whom   are   married   and   now  living,    but  have 
no  children. 

Benjamin  resided  for  more  than  thirty  years  on  his 
farm  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  then  changed  his  residence, 
taking  with  him  his  wife,  two  daughters  and  their  hus- 
bands to  Gilbert's  Mills,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Oct.  22,  1878,  Benjamin  Jewett  died  and  was  buried  at 
Gilbert's  Mills. 

This  family  has  always  been  noted  for  its  refinement, 
culture   and   social   standing.     Their  early   education   at 


156  TIMOTHY    WOOD 

Harvard,  and  the  high  social  standing  of  the  communit}^ 
in  which  they  lived,  helped  to  mould  their  lives  for  the 
high  christian  walks  of  life,  in  which  their  feet  ever 
tread. 

II. 

Betsey  Jewett  (1955)  remained  in  Littleton  until  the 
year  1828,  when  she  went  to  Mount  Holly,  Vt.,  where,  on 
the  9th  day  of  October,  1831,  she  married  Daniel  Chat- 
terton  of  the  same  place. 

Daniel  was  the  youngest  son  of  David,  and  after  the 
death  of  his  father  he  purchased  from  the  heirs  the  old 
homestead  where  he  was  born,  and  resided  there  until  June, 
185 1,  when  he,  with  his  family,  consisting  of  a  wife  and 
four  children,  moved  to  the  township  of  Meridian,  Michi- 
gan, and  purchased  a  new  farm  four  miles  east  of 
Lansing,  the  capital  of  the  State,  it  being  near  the  village 
of  Okemos,  and  resided  there  in  a  log  house  with  his 
family  for  several  years. 

All  of  the  four  children  of  this  marriage  were  born  in 
Mount  Holly,  Vt.,  as  follows  : 

1966.  George  A.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1832. 

1967.  Sarah  E.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1S33. 
196S.  Mason  D.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1S3S. 
1969.  Jewett  E.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1S40. 

Daniel  Chatterton  d.  Apr.  9,  1866,  and  his  wife  Betsey 
(Jewett)  Chatterton  Feb.  8,  1877  ;  both  died  and  were 
buried  in  the  township  of  Meridian. 

Daniel  and  Betsey  Chatterton  owned  a  large  farm  ;  lived 
lives  of  christian  piety,  —  died  respected  and  regretted. 

George  A.  Chatterton  (1966),  the  oldest  son  of  Daniel 
and  Betsey,  m.  Jane  Thompson  Dec.  24,  1854,  ^^^  have 
two  children,  both  married — Watts,  married  and  has  one 
child  ;  Elva  L.,  a  physician,  and  has  no  children. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I57 

George  A.,  wife  and  daughter,  live  at  Hubbardston, 
Mich. 

George  A.  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church,  and  General  Insurance  Agent  of  the 
State. 

Sarah  E.  Chatterton  (1967),  m.  Nov.  11,  1852,  Augus- 
tus L.  Sturges,  of  Meridian,  Mich.,  and  have  had  three 
children,  Eva  E.  (Watson),  Wallace  A.  Sturges,  and 
Clara  B.  (Hewett). 

These  children  are  all  living  near  Okemos.  Wallace, 
unmarried ;  the  other  two  have  one  child  each,  while 
Augustus  L.,  and  wife  Sarah  E.,  are  living  in  Virginia. 

Augustus  L.  is  devotedly  attached  to  Sabbath  school 
interests,  and  is  a  successful  farmer,  owning  a  large 
plantation  (the  "Hopewell  Farm"),  on  the  bank  of  the 
James  river,  eight  miles  from  the  city  of  Richmond. 

Mason  D.  Chatterton  (1968)  was  married  June  2, 
1865,  to  Mary  A.  Morrison,  of  Okemos,  and  has  one 
child,  Floyd  M.,  who  is  unmarried.  Mason  D.  graduated 
at  the  Michigan  State  University,  March  27,  1861, 
receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B.  He  was  admitted  to 
practice  law  in  Michigan,  March  23,  1861,  and  in  the  U. 
S.  courts,  Sept.  2,  1875.  He  held  the  office  of  Judge  of 
Probate  for  Ingham  Co.  for  eight  years ;  spent  the  year 
1882  in  Europe,  sight  seeing,  and  was  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  National  Republican  Convention  of  1884.  Finan- 
cially,, the  rumor  is  that  "he  is  rich."  He  with  his 
family  now  reside  in  Mason,  Michigan. 

Jewett  E.  Chatterton  (1969),  married  Elizabeth  A. 
Adams,  Apr.  29,  1867,  and  has  two  children,  Howard 
E.,  and  Harry  J.,  both  unmarried. 

Jewett  E.  graduated  at  Eastman's  Business  College,  in 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  and  since  then  he  has  spent  his 
whole  time  in  mercantile  pursuits,  with  good  success. 
He  now  resides,  with  his  family,  at  Mount  Pleasant, 
Michigan. 


158  TIMOTHY    WOOD 

III. 

Louisa  Jewett  (1956),  died  Dec.  i,  1825  ;  unmar- 
ried, and  was  buried  in  Littleton,  Mass. 

IV. 

George  A.  Jewett  (i960),  m.  Lucy  Colver,  Sept. 
19,  1841,  at  Mount  Holly,  Vt.,  and  had  two  children, 
viz.  : 

1970.  George  H.,  b.  in  Mount  Holly,  Ma}^  17,  1S44,  and 

lived  three  years. 

1971.  Edson,  b.  at  Mount  Holly  in  1S63  ;  is  unmarried  and 

living  with  his  mother  in  Winchendon,  Mass.  ;  he 
is  the  only  living  descendant  of  Benjamin  Jewett, 
Sr.,  who  bears  the  family  name. 

George  A.  Jewett  d.  in  Winchendon,  in  the  fall  of 
1883,  and  was  buried  there  ;  he  was  a  mechanic  by  occu- 
pation in  the  earlier  part  of  his  life,  but  later  he  studied 
medicine  and  became  quite  a  skilful  physician. 


V. 

Susannah  Jewett  (1961),  m.  Varnum  C.  Dexter  at 
Mount  Holly  on  the  7th  day  of  March,  1835,  ^"d  there 
were  born  the  following  children  : 

1973.  Maria  L.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1S35. 

1973.  Mary  E.  A.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1837. 

1974.  Melissa  S.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1839. 

1975.  Jonathan  C,  h.  Sept.  12,  1842. 

Jonathan  C.  was  never  married  ;  he  enlisted  in  the  war 
of  1861,  in  a  Michigan  regiment,  and  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Chicamauga. 

The  daughters  were  married  and  each  had  children. 


AND    HIS    DESCliNDANTS. 


59 


Maria  L.  was  killed  in  a  railroad  accident  at  Pontiac, 
Mich.,  in  the  winter  of  1884,  and  was  buried  in  Franklin, 
Mich.     The  other  two  children  are  still  living. 

Susannah  Jewett  Dexter  d.  and  was  buried  at  Frank- 
Hn,  Mich.,  Nov.  13,  1857. 

Varnum  C.  Dexter  chose  the  occupation  of  a  school 
teacher  and  was  educated  accordingly.  He  followed  his 
profession  for  several  years  with  great  success. 

He  moved  with  his  family  to  Michigan,  about  1842, 
bought  a  farm  and  became  a  farmer. 

His  children  were  especially  noticeable  for  their  intelli- 
gence. 

VI. 

Timothy  Jewett  (1962)  was  never  married;  he  was 
a  professional  school  teacher;  died  at  Springfield,  Mass., 
and  was  buried  there  Jan.  30,  1864. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  SUSANNA  WOOD  (1950) 

AND 

ISRAEL  HOUGHTON  JEWETT. 

Susanna  Wood  was  b.  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  Sept.  2, 
1779  '■>  ^^s  married  to  Israel  Houghton  Jewett  at  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Sept.,  1796.  He  was  born  in  Littleton,  Mass., 
Dec.  21,  1768,  and  died  at  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Feb.  2,  1813. 
She  afterwards  married  Hoxxey  Barber,  of  Mount  Holly, 
Vt.,  Apr.  18,  1822,  where  she  resided  until  her  death, 
July  16,  1855.  Mr.  Barber  died  May  27,  1837,  in  his 
71st  year.  She  had  seven  children  by  her  first  husband, 
Israel  Houghton  Jewett,  viz  : 

1976.  Elizabeth.  1980.  Harriet. 

1977.  At^uiLLA.  1981.  Mary. 

1978.  Eli.  ^  19S2.  Lois. 

1979.  Susan. 


l6o  TIMOTHY    WOOD 


Elizabeth  (1976), was  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Oct,  15, 
1797  ;  was  m.  to  Joel  Newton,  of  Alstead,  N.  H.,  1827  ; 
she  d.  Oct.  4,  1858.  Had  three  daughters  born  in  Wor- 
cester, Vt.  : 

1983.  Mary  L.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1829;  d.  Apr.  12,  1847. 

1984.  Susan  E.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1S33  ;  m.  Henry  F.  Partridge, 

Dec.  15,  1864. 

1985.  Calista  a.,  b.  Nov.  i,  1S35  ;  in.   Alfred  W.   Part- 

ridge, Aug.  15,  1852  ;  have  two  daughters  born  in 
Alstead,  N.  H.  : 

Charlotte  L.,  b.  July  30,  1853. 
Agnes  E.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1864. 

II. 

Aquilla  Jewett  (1977),  b.  Oct.  11,  1799;  ^-  Mar.  i, 
1800. 

III. 

Eli  Jewett  ( 1978),  b.  June  20,  1801  ;  d.  in  Alstead,  N. 
H.,  Aug.  9,  1883.  ;  left  a  wife  and  one  adopted  daughter. 

IV. 

Susan  Jewett  (1979),  b.  in  Alstead,  Oct.  15,  1803  ; 
m.  Alvin  Sherman,  of  Mt.  Holly,  Vt.,  Dec.  22,  1840; 
she  died  Jan.  2,  1865,  leaving  no  children. 

V. 
Harriet  Jewett  (1980),  b.  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Mar. 
9,  1806;  m.  David  B.  Johnson  Dec.  7,  1825.  He  was 
born  in  Putney,  Vt.,  July  3,  1804,  and  his  death  occurred 
Dec.  27,  1872.  Their  children  and  descendants  are  as 
follows  : 

1986.  Alvin  Jewett  Johnson,   b.  in  Wallingford,  Vt., 

Sept.  23,  1827  ;  m.  Lucia  Helena  Warner,  of  Sun- 
derland, Mass.  He  died  April  22,  1884,  leaving 
a  widow,  two  daughters  and  one  son. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  l6l 

The  son  William  W.,  after  going  through  Columbia 
College,  graduated  1874,  degree  of  A.  M.  1877  ;  his 
father  took  him  into  the  publishing  business  with  himself, 
and  he  is  carrying  it  on  now,  1885.  He  is  married  and 
has  two  sons,  William  Alvin  and  Robert  Pierce  Johnson. 

The  two  daughters  of  A.  J.  Johnson  are  Virginia 
Helena  and  Minnie  Augusta  Johnson. 

I  quote  from  an  article  published  in  the  Boston  Herald: 

"  \_Bosion  Hera/d,  Tuesday,  April  23,  1S84.] 
THE    HAND    OF    DEATH. 

SKETCH    OF    THE    CAREER    OF    A.    J.    JOHNSON,    THE 
WELL-KNOWN    PUBLISHER. 

The  telegraph  announces  the  death,  which  occurred 
this  morning  at  his  residence  in  New  York,  of  Mr.  A.  J. 
Johnson,  the  publisher  of  'Johnson's  Atlas  of  the  World,' 
'Johnson's  Universal  Cyclopaedia,'  and  of  other  well- 
known  works.  Mr.  Johnson  was  born  in  Wallingtbrd, 
Vermont,  Sept.  23,  1827.  The  only  educational  advan- 
tages which  he  enjoyed  in  his  early  youth  were  such  as 
the  common  schools  of  his  native  State  then  afforded, 
supplemented  by  those  of  a  brief  course  at  the  country 
academy.  Thrown  at  length  upon  his  own  resources  and 
obliged  to  earn  his  own  living,  he  began  active  life  as  a 
teacher.  This  profession  taught  him  many  valuable  les- 
sons, which  availed  him  much  in  his  subsequent  career ; 
but  it  was  not  a  profession  which  satisfied  his  restless 
spirit  or  even  his  ambition.  The  '  subscription  plan' of 
selling  books  had  already  come  into  vogue,  and  as  it 
promised  success  and  go(jd  rewards  to  all  active  and  ener- 
getic workers,  Mr.  Johnson  was  induced  to  leave  his 
school  and  go  into  the  field  as  a  book  canvasser.  It  was 
for  him  a  fortunate  move.  One  success  led  to  and  was 
followed  by  another,  until  at  last  he  became  enrolled  in 
the  guild  of  publishers,  and  found  himself  at  the  head  of 
16 


l62  TIMOTHY    WOOD 

the  greatest  map-publishing  house  in  the  world,  and 
'Johnson's  Atlas'  became  an  authority  whenever  or 
wherever  an  atlas  was  to  be  consulted.  In  1877  Mr. 
Johnson  planned  the  greatest  undertaking  of  his  life  — 
namely :  his  '  Universcil  Cyclopaedia  of  Useful  knowl- 
edge,' which  was  first  put  upon  the  market  complete  in 
four  large  volumes.  In  the  preparation  of  this  gigantic 
work  upwards  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  dollars  was 
paid  to  authors,  the  list  of  which  included  the  ablest  men 
in  every  walk  of  life.  The  undertaking  has  proved  a 
most  brilliant  success,  and  brought  increased  wealth  and 
reputation  to  its  projector.  Mr.  Johnson  was  a  marked 
man  among  men;  of  regular  habits,  untiring  industry, 
and  marvellous  perseverance.  He  always  sought  out 
gentlemen  as  his  employes,  and  would  accept  no  other. 
Honest  and  honorable  in  all  his  dealings,  fearless  when 
he  believed  himself  in  the  right,  an  unflinching  antago- 
nist when  assailed,  unselfish,  modest,  and  unassuming, 
the  best  of  friends,  the  most  tender  in  his  domestic  rela- 
tions —  such  is  his  record.  He  was  in  every  sense  of  the 
word  a  self-made  man,  and  by  his  energy  and  well- 
directed  efforts  was  rewarded  bounteously." 

Horace  Greeley  was  an  intimate  friend  of  Alvin  Jewett 
Johnson,  and  was  frequently  a  member  of  Mr.  Johnson's 
family.  Upon  the  anniversary  of  Mr.  Greeley's  sixty- 
first  birthday,  his  family  being  absent  in  Europe,  I 
find  that  a  very  large  party  was  given  to  the  literary 
friends  of  Horace  Greeley  by  A.  J.  Johnson,  at  his  fine 
residence  in  New  York  City.  Their  friendship  was  never 
broken. 

The  establishment  of  A.  J.  Johnson  &  Co.,  Publishers, 
is  at  II  Great  Jones  street  (near  Broadway),  New  York. 

Johnson's  New  Illustrated  family  Atlas  of  the  World, 
with  a  New  Treatise  on  Physical  Geography,  by  Prof.  A. 
Guyot,  LL.D.,  was  awarded  the  First  Prize  Medai athoih 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  163 

Universal  Expositions  in  Paris.  This  is  the  largest,  most 
finely  executed,  and  only  illustrated  Township  Atlas  of 
the  World  ever  published. 

Of  "Johnson's  Universal  C3'clopa2dia "  the  greatest 
institutions  of  learning  speak  loudly  in  its  favor,  viz : 
Harvard  University,  Yale,  Brown  University,  Dartmouth, 
Williams,  Cornell  University,  Columbia,  Amherst,  Ham- 
ilton, Rochester  University,  Richmond,  &c.      I  quote  : 

"From  the  Faculty  of  Yale  and  other  dlstinguished 
Gentlemen  of  New  HA^'EN. 

"Johnson's  Universal  Cyclopaedia,  a  work  in  four  vol- 
umes, of  nearly  1700  pages  each,  or  about  6800  closely-printed 
pages,  presents  the  following  important  features : 

"It  is  convenient  for  ready  reference;  its  most  important 
articles  are  original  productions,  prepared  tor  this  work  by  men 
who  are  well  known  to  be  distinguished  in  the  several  depart- 
ments of  learning  which  they  represent,  each  article  being 
signed  by  the  writer  ;  it  embraces  a  wide  range  of  subjects  — 
about  30,000  in  each  volume  —  and  is  especially  adapted  to  the 
needs  of  American  readers. 

"An  examination  of  it  must  convince  any  one  that,  as  a 
talde-book  for  the  homes  of  the  people  and  for  the  use  of  pro- 
fessional men,  merchants,  and  manufacturers,  it  will  prove  to 
be  a  work  of  great  usefulness. 

"It  is  practically  a  geographical  gazetteer,  a  biographical 
dictionary,  a  medical  and  legal  manual,  and  a  scientific  reper- 
tory. The  treatment  of  the  subjects  is  thorough  and  compre- 
hensive, and  at  the  same  time  simple  and  judiciously  adapted  to 
the  requirements  of  general  readers. 

"A  fortunate  combination  of  circumstances  has,  under  the 
energetic  and  persevering  efibrts  of  the  chief  editors,  contributed 
to  the  securing  of  the  co-operation  of  a  large  number  of  eminent 
writers,  whose  names  will  be  recognized  as  among  the  best  in 
the  country  in  their  respective  branches  of  learning. 


164  TIMOTHY    WOOD 

"  The  work  contains  a  vast  amount  of  useful  knowledge,  pre- 
sented in  a  popular  and  convenient  form,  and  at  moderate  price. 

The  Faculty. 

"  Theodore  D.  Woolsey,  Ex-President  of  Yale  College. 
Noah  Porter,  President. 

Wm.  p.  Trowbridge,  Prof,  of  Dynamical  Engineering. 
W.  A.  Norton,  Prof,  of  Civil  Engineering. 
Leonard  Bacon,  Kent  Prof,  of  Law. 

vSamuei.  W.   Johnson,    Prof,  of  Theoretical   and   Agricultural 
Chemistry. 

A.  E.  Verrill,  Prof,  of  Zoology. 

Johnson  T.    Platt,    Prof,    of  Pleading   and  Equitv  Jurispru- 
dence. 

B.  SiEiTMAN,  Prof,  of  Chemistry. 
J.  H.  HoppiN,  Prof,   of  Homiletics. 

George  P.  Fisher,  Prof,  of  Ecclesiastical  Histor}-. 

Stephen  G.  Hubbard,  Prof,  of  Obstetrics. 

Thomas  A.  Thatcher,  Prof,  of  Latin. 

Leonard  J.  Sanford,  Prof,  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology. 

H.  A.  Newton,  Prof,  of  Mathematics. 

Henry  B.  Harrison,  Fellow  of  Yale  College. 

Rev.  S.  R.  Dennin,  Pastor  Third  Congregational  Church. 
B.  G.  Northrop,  Sec.  Connecticut  Board  of  Education. 
James  E.  English,  Ex-Governor  of  Connecticut. 
Chas.  R.  Ingersoll,  Governor  of  C(innecticut." 

"  The  amount  of  valuable  information  is  wonderful,  etc. 

Rt.  Hon.  W.  E.  Gladstone,  LL.D." 

Johnson's  General  Cyclopedia,  containino-  1600  pages 
(2  vols.);  Johnson's  Natural  History  (2  vols.);  John- 
son's Household  Treasury,  &c.,  &c.,  are  among  their 
publications. 

1987.  Eli  H.  Johnson,  second  son  of  D.  B.  and  Harriet 
(Jewett)  Johnson,  b.  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  Dec.  7^ 
183S  ;  m.  Nov.  21,  1848,  Lovica  B.  Cole,  of  Mt. 
Holly,  Vt.  ;  he  was  in  the  i6th  Vermont  Lifantry 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  165 

during  the  Rebellion  and  served  three  years.  He 
died  June  2,  1880,  leaving  Edwynah  lowne 
Johnson ;  had  buried  two  children  ;  residence 
Mechanicsville,  Vt. 

1958.  Wii.LARD   R.  F.  Johnson,  3d   son  of  D.  B.  and  11. 

J.,  b.  in  Wallingford,  Vt.,  Dec.  24,  1830;  m. 
July  4,  1851,  Martha  E.Graves,  of  Mt.  Holly, 
Vt.  ;  2nd,  m.  Oct.  21,  1S66,  Mary  Ellen  Jaquith, 
of  Weston,  Vt.  ;  he  was  in  the  2nd  Regt.  Ver- 
mont Vol.  Infantry  ;  served  three  years  during  the 
Rebellion.  He  has  two  sons,  Charles  S.  and 
George  A.,  both  married  ;  *io  children  ;  residence, 
Putney,  Vt. 

1959.  George   B.  Johnson,  4th  son  of  D.  B.  and   H.  J., 

b.  in  Wallingford,  Vt.,  Oct.  5,  1833  ;  m.  Mar.  13, 
1864,  Laura  Fisher,  of  Newfane,  Vt.  ;  no  chil- 
dren ;  residence  Newfane,  Vt. 

1990.  Lauka  M.,  dau.  of  D.  B.  &  Harriet  J.  Johnson,  b. 
in  Clarendon,  Vt.,  May  23,  1834;  m.  Oct.  21, 
18=^5,  Merrill  Graves,  of  Lowell,  Mass.  ;  she  d. 
Oct.  10,  1856,  leaving  one  child,  Jane  L.,  who  m. 
Mr.  Benson  and  has  one  child,  Lillie  M. 

i99[.  Henry  C.  Johnson,  son  of  D.  B.  and  H.  J.,  b.  in 
Clarendon,  Vt.,  July  14,  1836;  m.  Jan.  16,  1862, 
Bernice  A.  Perry,  of  Michigan  ;  he  died  June  8, 
1883  ;  left  one  adopted  daughter,  Bernice  May 
Johnson.  He  was  Supt.  in  Adams,  Blackmer  & 
Lyon  Publishing  Co.,  Chicago,  111.  ;  residence 
Berlin,  Wisconsin. 

1992.  Susannah   L.  Johnson,  dau.  of  D.  B.  and   H.  J., 

b.  in  Shrewsbury,  Vt.,  Feb.  26,  1838;  m.  Nov. 
27,  1869,  M.  H.  Shipley,  of  Berlin,  Wisconsin  ; 
res.  Forest  Grove,  Oregon  ;  no  children. 

1993.  Adelia  M.  Johnson,  dau.  of  D.  B.  and  H.  J.,  was 

b.  in  Shrewsbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  2,  1840;  m.  July  3. 
1859,  Alonzo  W.  Dickerman,  of  Mcclianicsville, 
Vt.  ;  he  died  April  7,  1S79,  in  liis  36111  year. 
Had  five  children,  four  living,  John  A.,  Bernice 
A.,    George    IL,   and    Harley  M.     John   A.  mar- 


l66  TIMOTHY    WOOD    AND    DESCENDANTS. 

ried  and  has  two  children,  Dwight  and  John  A., 
Jr.  ;  residence,  Rutland,  Vt. 

1994.  Cynthia  C.  Johnson,  dau.  of  D.  B.  and  H.  J.,  b. 

in  Wallingford,  Vt.,  July  4,  1843  ;  m.  Charles 
Stowe,  of  Hubbardston,  Mass.,  Dec.  10,  1864. 
She  died  Aug.  24,  18S2  ;  had  three  children,  two 
living,  William  L.  and  Hattie  M.  ;  both  unmar- 
ried ;  residence,  Boston,  Mass. 

1995.  Hattie   L.   Johnson,  dau.   of  D.  B.  and   H.  J.,  b. 
^  in  Mechanicsville,  Vt.,  Apr.  37,  1845  ;   m.  Oct.  9, 

1872,  A.  Tyler,  Berlin,  Wisconsin  ;  no  children  ; 
residence,  Forest  Grove,  Oregon. 

1996.  Mary  J.  Johnson,  dau.   of  D.  B.  and  II.  J.,  b.   in 

Wallingford,  Vt.,  Mar.  15,  1S47  ;  "''•  N*^^-  ^o, 
187 1,  Fred.  O.  Pierce,  of  East  Putney,  Vt.  Has 
one  son,  Jewett  Johnson  Pierce  ;  resilience.  East 
Putney,  Vt. 

1997.  WiiTJAM   E.  Johnson,  son  of  D.  B.  and  H.  J.,  b. 

in  Mechanicsville,  Vt.,  Mar.  14,  1S49;   m.Mayi, 

1873,  Etta  Dyer,  in  Portland,  Me.  ;  no  children. 
Supt.  Hudson  River  State  Hospital  ;  residence, 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

VI. 

Mary  Jewett  (1981),  dau.  of  Israel  H.  and  Susanna 
(Wood)  Jewett,  b.  in  Alstead,  N.  II.,  Feb.  4,  1809;  m. 
Russell  Barber,  of  Mt.  Holly,  Vt.,  May  15,  1837  5  moved 
in  1866  to  Danby,  Vt.,  where  she  buried  her  husband,  in 
1878  ;  then  moved  to  Weston,  Vt.,  with  her  only  daugh- 
ter, d.  Mar.  13,  1884. 

1998.  Celeste    S.    Barber,    now    Mrs.   John    Mattocks, 

of  Weston,  Vt. 

VII. 
Lois  Jewett  (1982),  dau.  of  Israel  H.  and  Susanna 
(Wood)  Jewett,  b.  Jan.  5,  1813  ;  m.  Charles  L.  Earl,  of 
Mt.  Holly,  Vt.  ;  she  died  in  Rutland,  Dec.  18,  1878. 
Had  a  family  of  nine  children,  six  living  in  1885,  viz: 
Maria  Maynard,  Clarinda  Snow,  Marsella  Allen,  Lucina 
unmarried,  Ellen  m.,  and  Charles. 


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EBENEZER  WOOD. 

EBENEZER  (496)  and  PHEBE  (BROOKS)  WOOD 

AND 

THEIR  DESCENDANTS. 

Ebenezer  Wood,  son  of  John  and  Lydia  (Davis) 
Wood,  was  born  Jan.  20,  1754,  "^  Littleton,  Mass.  ;  m. 
Phebe  Brooks,  x\pr.  7,  1776;  d.  Dec.  28,  1840,  in  Wash- 
ington, N.  H. 

Phebe  Brooks,  b.  Sept.  29,  1751  ;  d.  Jan.  2,  1844,  in 
Washington,  N.  H. 

Ebenezer  Wood  first  settled  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  where 
his  first  three  children  were  born,  but  in  1781  he  emi- 
grated to  Washington,  N.  H.,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
the  valley  near  Lovell's  Mountain. 

At  that  time  there  were  only  a  few  settlers  in  town  and 
no  roads  excepting  for  travellers  on  horseback,  and  these 
were  indicated  by  marked  trees. 

He  lived  on  the  farm  where  he  settled,  about  two  miles 
from  Washington  village,  until  his  death. 

He  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Revolutionary  War ;  he 
afterwards  received  a  pension  of  ninety-six  dollars  a  year  ; 
was  a  cooper  by  trade  as  well  as  a  farmer. 

Ebenezer  and  Phebe  (Brooks)  Wood  had  eleven  chil- 
dren ;  four  sons  and  seven  daughters,  as  follows  : 

3301.  Lydia,  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  May  9,  1777. 
3303.   Ebenezer,  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Sept.  39,  1778. 

3303.  Jonas  D.,  b.    Sept.    13,   17S0;  d.  Oct.    1,    1S67,  in 

Washington  ;  unmarried. 

3304.  Asa,  b.  July  iS,  17S2. 

3305.  Mary,    b.   in   Washington,  Apr.,  17S4;  d.  Apr.  17, 

1784. 

3306.  Phebe,  b.  in  Washington,  May  4,  1787. 

3307.  Sophia,  b.  in  Washington,  Dec.  37,  17S8. 


l68  EBENEZER    WOOD 

230S.   Lois   B.,  b.  in  Washington,  Fd).  17,  1791  ;  d.  Mar. 

30,  18^4;   unmarried. 
2309.   Betsey,  b.  in  Wasliington,  Feb.  17,  i793- 

3310.  Mary,  b.  in  Washington,  Mar.  16,  1796. 

331 1.  Timothy,  b.  in  Washington,  Mar.  iS,  1798- 
Of  the  above  named  children  : 

I. 
Lydia  Wood  (2301),  m.  Luther  Whitney,  of  Heniker, 
N.  H.  ;  afterwards  lived  at  Washington,  and  a   small  vil- 
lage near  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  where  she  died.      Had   three 
children  : 

3313.  Hannah. 

3313.  Orpha  ;   m.    Wm.  Wood,  son   of  Asa,  of  Washing- 

ton, N.  H. 

3314.  Martin.     Lives  in  Michigan. 

IL 
Ebenezer  Wood  (2302),  m.  Lydia  Davis,  Feb.  7, 
1805,  dau.  of  Major  Ephraim  Davis,  of  Harvard,  Mass. 
They  resided  in  Washington,  N.  H.,  with  the  exception 
of  one  year  in  Lowell,  Mass.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade.     They  had  seven  children,  as  follows  : 

3315.  Daniel,  b.  in  Washington,  N.  H.,  Oct.  4,  1S05. 

3316.  Elsina,  b.  in  Washington,  N.  H.,  Aug.  37,  iSoS. 

3317.  Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  9,  iSio. 

3318.  Lydia,  b.  in  Washington,  N.  H.,  Apr.  5,  1S13. 

3319.  Phebe,  b.  May  2,  1816. 

2320.  Horace,  b.  Jan.  10,  1820. 

2321.  John,  b.  in  Washington,  N.  H.,  June  33,  1836. 

Daniel  Wood  (2315),  m.  Permelia  Chatman  of  Noble- 
boro',  Maine.  He  lived  most  of  the  time  in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  and  died  there  in  1862.  Had  several  children  ; 
only  three  lived  to  grow  up,  viz  : 

2332.   Permelia;  m.  Wm.  Hamman,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

2323.  Royal;   m.  and  Hves  in  Somerville  ;   no  children. 

2324.  LuELLA  ;    m.    Lon.   Hoyt ;    residence    Charlestown, 

Mass. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  169 

Permelia    (2322;,    has   one    son,    Wm.    B.    Hamnuin. 
She  died  about  1870. 

Luella  (2324),  has  two  children,  George  and  Eddie  P. 
Hoyt. 

Elsina  Wood  (2316),  residence  Washington,  N.  H., 
with  her  brother  John. 

Ebenezer  Wood  (2317),  m.  Esther  Lawrence  of 
Guttenberg,  Iowa,  1852.  She  d.  in  1883.  He  has  live 
children  living,  viz  : 

2325.  Horace. 

2326.  Elsina. 

2327.  Emery. 

2328.  Willie. 

2329.  Warren. 

The  date  of  birth  of  these  children  is  not  at  hand  but 
their  ages  (1884)  are  30,  26,  23,  17,  12,  in  the  order 
named.  They  all  reside  in  Glen  Haven,  Wisconsin, 
where  the  father  has  a  large  farm  and  is  called  a  success- 
ful farmer.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Boston  many  years 
ago. 

Lydia  Wood  (2318),  d.  in  Washington,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
13,  1857.  For  some  time  she  resided  in  Lowell  and 
Lawrence,  Mass. 

Phebe  Wood  (2319),  m.  Charles  Scott,  of  Newton 
Upper  Falls,  Nov.  5,  1837,  where  she  died  Dec.  28, 
i860.     They  had  three  children  : 

2330.  Harriet  P.  ;  m.  Caleb  Hollis,  of  Cambridge. 

2331.  Charles  E.  ;  d.  about  three  years  old. 

2332.  Mary  Sophia  ;  d.  about  three  months  old. 

Harriet  P.  Scott  (2330)  and  Caleb  HoUis  reside  in 
Chicago,  111.,  and  have  two  children,  Henry  and  Fanny. 

Horace  Wood  (2320),  was  in  a  factory  at  Nashua,  N. 
H.  ;  he  was  drowned  in  Nashua  river,  Nashua,,  in  1842, 
while  bathing. 
17 


lyo  EBENEZER    WOOD 

John  Wood  (2321),  m.  Julia  A.  Crane,  of  East  Wash- 
ington, Jan.  4,  1853. 

He  was  named  for  Dea.  John  Wood,  of  Littleton, 
Mass.,  his  grandfather's  brother,  who  died  May  4,  1826, 
the  month  before  John's  birth.  His  father,  Ebenezer 
Wood,  lived  in  sight  of  his  own  father's  farm,  and  John 
now  lives  on  the  adjoining  farm,  which  contains  about 
four  hundred  acres  on  the  bank  of  a  large  brook  named 
"  Wood  Brook,"  for  his  grandfather,  Ebenezer  Wood. 
Both  of  his  grandfathers  were  in  the  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  his  uncle  Jonas,  and  his  father,  Ebenezer,  vol- 
unteered as  minute-men  in  181 2,  but  were  never  called 
into  action. 

Ebenezer  Wood,  ist,  was  a  Whig,  and  all  of  this  branch 
were  Whigs  or  Republicans  but  two. 

John  lived  fifteen  years  in  Newton  Upper  Falls ;  he 
was  a  mason  by  trade  ;  he  went  home  and  took  care  of 
his  father  and  mother,  and  it  has  been  a  home  to  the 
family.  He  is  an  honored  citizen ;  is  generous  to  his 
relatives  and  friends  and  looks  well  after  his  own  family 
and  their  highest  good.  He  has  five  children,  all  born  in 
Washington,  N.  H.  : 

2333.  Julia  M.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1856. 

2334.  Phebe  E.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1862. 

2335.  Emily  J.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1864. 

2336.  John  W.,  b.  July  29,  1869. 

2337.  Lydia  a.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1871. 

Two  of  the  above  are  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  State. 

III. 

Asa  Wood  (2304),  m.  Mary  Ware,  of  Hancock,  and 
resided  in  Washington  until  his  death.  They  had  eight 
children,  viz  : 

2338.  Asa  ;  married. 

2339.  Elvira  ;  d.  unmarried. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I7I 

2340.  Sarah  ;   m.  Ahial  Tandy,  of  Lempster. 

2341.  William  ;   m.    Orpha   Whitney,  of  N.  Y.  ;   he  is  not 

living. 

2342.  Nathaniel   W.  ;    m.    widow  Beard ;    res. 

Hillsboro,  N.  H. 

2343.  Sylvester  ;  m.  three  times  ;  has  four  children. 

2344.  Marietta  ;  d.  unmarried. 

2345.  Timothy  Dexter;  m.  ;  had  son  Herbert;  d. 

Sylvester  and  Timothy  D.  Wood,  sons  of  Asa  (2304), 
were  in  the  Union  Army  in  the  Rebellion.  Sylvester 
was  in  the  Cavalry  from  N.  H.  ;  he  had  one  son  killed  in 
the  war,  another  son  was  in  the  Regular  Army,  at  Fort 
Comfort,  after  the  war.  Timothy  D.  Wood  enlisted  from 
Massachusetts. 

IV. 

Phebe  Wood  (2306),  m.  Daniel  Jaquith,  of  Washing- 
ton, and  afterwards  of  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  where  she  died. 
They  had  three  children  : 

2346.  Ebenezer. 

2347.  Ruth  ;  d. 
234S.  Stephen. 

V. 

Sophia  Wood  (2307),  m.  Mason  W.  Putnam,  of  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  ;  she  died  Oct.  29,  1879  '  "o  children. 

VI. 

Betsey  Wood  (2309),  m.  Benajah  Sabin, of  Lempster, 
N.  H.     They  had  three  children. 

2349.  Betsey. 

2350.  Permelia  ;  m.  Carroll  C.  Churchill,  of  Vermont. 

2351.  Benajah. 


172  EBENEZER    WOOD    AND    DESCENDANTS. 

Permelia  (2350)  and  C.  C.  Churchill  have  two  chil- 
dren, viz  : 

2353.   Dora;   m.  Charles  Lelaiid,  of  Mass. 
23 "^3.   Chancy. 

VII. 

Mary  Wood  (2310).  m.  Dea.  Joseph  Crane,  of  East 
Washington,  Oct.  iS,  1840.  She  died  Sept.  4,  1866.  No 
children. 

VITI. 

Timothy  Wood  (231 1),  m.  Lucy  Sweet,  of  Washing- 
ton.    He  died  Ma}'  2,  1871  ;  no  children. 


SALMON    WOOD    AND    DESCENDANTS.  I73 

SALMON   WOOD. 

SALMON  (497)  AND    SIBYL  (WHETTEMORE)  WOOD 

AND 

THEIR  DESCENDANTS. 

Salmon  Wood,  youngest  son  of  John  and  Lydia 
(Davis)  Wood,  was  b.  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  Aug.  15,  i757- 
His  father  d.  in  1758;  his  mother  afterward  m.  Dea. 
David  Goodridge,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  where  Salmon 
lived  until  he  m.  Sibyl  Whettemore,  of  New  Ipswich,  N. 
H.,  1780;  she  was  born  Sept.  21,  1762,  and  d.  Mar.  19, 
1845.      Salmon  d.  Feb.  25,  1823. 

They  lived  at  Rindge  a  short  time,  then  settled  in  Han- 
cock, N.  H.,  T784,  where  some  of  the  descendants  still 
reside.  They  were  two  of  the  sixteen  original  members  of 
the  first  church  organized  in  Hancock.  Bought  several 
hundred  acres  of  land.  In  1784  he  built  a  part  of  the  house 
and  in  1801  he  built  the  rest.  In  addition  to  his  extensive 
farm,  he  kept  a  hotel,  run  a  saw-mill  and  a  blacksmith  shop. 
This  farm  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  his  descendants. 
A  view  of  the  old  homestead  which  is  the  Skatutahkee 
Valley  Farm,  is  now  being  prepared  for  their  town  his- 
tory. Salmon  Wood  was  out  three  times  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution.  He  was  an  upright,  honorable  citizen, 
accomplished  much  in  his  time,  and  was  ably  assisted  by 
his  wife,  a  woman  of  great  ability  and  personal  worth. 
Their  children  were  : 

3501.  David  Wood,  b.  Feb.  9,  1782;  d.  Jan.  23,  1784. 

3502.  SiP.YL  Wood,  b.  in   Rindge,  N.  H.,   Dec.  19,  1783; 

m.  Benj.  Estabrook  in  1804;  d.  in  Manchester, 
Vt.,  Oct.  I,  1851.  He  was  b.  Oct.  28,  1774;  d. 
in  Worcester,  Vt.,  June  29,  1833. 

3503.  Salmon  Wood,  Jr.,   b.  Apr.  16,  17S6;  m.   Achsa 

Mason,  of  Dublin,  N.  H.,  settled  there;  died 
Dec.  30,  1S43.     Wife  died  Aug.  4,  1856. 


I74  SALMON    WOOD 

2504.  Daniel   Wood,  b.  in  Hancock,  N.   H.,  Apr.    19, 

1788;  m.  Anna  Wood,  of  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
23,  1S17;  b.  May  24,  1795.  She  d.  Jan.  19, 
1829.  He  is  now  living  July,  1885,  in  his  98th 
year. 

2505.  Sally  Wood,  b.  Apr.  18,  1790;  m.  Earl  Stone;  he 

died  June  12,  1S46;  no  children.  Living  in  her 
96th  year. 

2506.  Betsy  Wood,  b.    Apr.   30,    1793;    m.   James  Bou- 

telle,  of  Hancock  ;  after  some  years  removed  to 
Nashua,  N.  H.,  where  they  died.  She  died  Aug. 
6,  1852. 

2507.  Nathan  Wood,   b.  July   24,    1795;    d.    Aug.    12, 

1800. 

2508.  Lucy  Wood,   b.    May    8,    1797;    m.    Benjamin    P. 

Stone,  who  died  Jan.  6,  1839;  ^^^^  ^^'^^^^  ^^^-  "I1 
1867. 

2509.  Stephen  Wood,  b.  Jan.  11,  1800;  m.  Maria  Fos- 

ter (page  50),  in  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  Nov.  4,  1823  ; 
she  was  b.  Apr.  29,  1804.  He  d.  Apr.  30,  1874. 
Was  a  deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  in 
Hancock,  N.  H.,  for  48  years.  Portraits  of  both 
appear  in  this  volume  taken  from  old  pictui-es. 

2510.  Nathan  Wood,  b.   Dec.  5,    1802;    m.   Abigail   C. 

Fuller  ;  2nd,  Hannah  J.  Silsby  ;  was  b.  Jan.  14, 
1812;  d.  Nov.  15,  1879.  He  d.  Oct.  i,  1869,  in 
Illinois. 


CHILDREN  OF  BENJAMIN 

AND 

SIBYL  WOOD  (2502)  ESTABROOK. 

251 1.  David  W.,   b.   June  30,  1805;  m.  Mary  Clogstone, 

Oct.  10,  1839;  Strafibrd,  Vt.  ;  d.  Feb.,  1843  ^  m. 
2nd,  Lucy  Benetlict,  Thetford,  Vt.,  June,  1844 ; 
d.  ;  m.   3d,  Mary  Walters,  Fairfield,  111.,  in  1864. 

2512.  Levi   Daniel,  b.  June  15,  1S07  ;  d.  Nov.  15,  1823. 


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AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  175 

2513.  Elvira    Calista,    b.    July    17,     1810;     m.     Jacob 

Baldwin,  Mar.  13,  1S2S,  in  Worcester.  Vt.,  she 
d.  in  Manchester,  Vt.,  Aug-.  31,  1S41.  Residence, 
Yorktown,  111. 

2514.  Salmon  W.,  b.    Apr.    i,    1S12;   moved  to  the  State 

of  Georgia  ;   probably  deceased. 

2515.  Joel  Anson,  b.  Mar.  6,  1S19;  supposed    to  be  lost 

at  sea  about  the  year  1S40. 

2516.  Sarah  Maria,  b.  Mar.  31,  1S21  ;  m.  Sept.  4,  1S42, 

to  Noah  J.  Hogeboom,  Manchester,  Vt.  ;  res. 
Tampico,  111. 

2517.  Stephen  Monroe,  b.  Mar.  31,  1S21  ;  m.  Apr.  28, 

1845,  Roselta  Howe,  Manchester,  Vt.  ;  d.  In 
1863,  m.  Frances  Rice,  Springfield,  111.;  res. 
Plumb  Creek,  Nebraska. 


CHILDREN   OF  SALMON,  Jr.   (2503) 

and 

ACHSA  MASON  WOOD. 

2518.  Emily  Wood,  b.  Apr.  15,  1810;  d.  June  iS,  1S59. 

2519.  Augustine    Wood,    b.    Feb.  7,    1812;   m.    Elizabeth 

Richardson,   of  Dublin,  N.   H.  ;    residence   Dub- 
lin, N.  H.  ;   homestead  of  his  father. 

2520.  George    Wood,    b.   Nov.   28,    1815,  in  Dublin,  N. 

H.  ;   m.    in   Philadelphia,   Penn.,    Feb.    23,    1843, 
Sarah  Stott ;  residence  Harrisville,  N.  H. 

2521.  Curtis  Wood,  b.  Dec.  18,  1818;  d,  Dec.  30,  1845. 


CHILDREN  OF  DANIEL  (2504) 

AND 

ANNA  (WOOD)  WOOD. 

born   in  HANCOCK,  N.   H. 

1522.  David  A.  Wood,  b.  June  11,  1S19;  m.  vSarah  L. 
Stanley,  Apr.  4,  1843  ;  b.  July  5,  1822  ;  she  d. 
Mar.  14,  1879;  m.  Mar.  28,  1880;  Mrs.  Susan- 
nah P.  (Rowell)  Corning,  b.  in  Jefferson,  Me., 
Sept.  10,  1828  ;  res.  Boston  Highlands,  Mass. 


176  SALMON    WOOD 

2533.  Horace  A.  Wood,  b.  June   i,   1S31  ;    d.   Aug.    33, 

1S35. 
2524.   Salmon  F.  Wood,  b.  Mar.   37,  1S34;    d.   Mar.   30, 

1S24. 
3535.  George  C.  Wood,  b.   Mar.  29,    1826;  d.  June   33, 

1S77  ;  never  married. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES 

AND 

BETSY  WOOD   (3506)   BOUTELLE. 

3536.  James  E.,  b.  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  1816 ;  ni.  ist, 
Joanna  Sprague,  of  Hudson,  N.  H.  ;  b.  1S18;  d. 
Feb.  16,  1856;  3nd,  Mrs.  Eliza  Eddy,  of  Boston, 
Mass.  ;  3rd,  Angie  R.  Ripley,  of  Londonderry, 
Vt.  ;  he  d.  in  Concord,  Nov.  34,  1876.  He  was 
in  1st  Regiment,  Mass.  Vol,  Cavalry,  in  C-ivil 
War. 

2527.   Stephen  ;  died  ;   unmarried. 

3538.  Moses  ;  m.  and  d.  ;  had  Moses  G.  ;  res.  Burlington, 
Vt.,  and  James  I.,  res.  Springfield,  Mass. 

3529.  Dexter  ;  m.  and  died ;  had  Charles ;  res.  Cam- 
bridgeport,  Mass. 


CHILDREN  OF  BENJAMIN  P. 

AND 

LUCY  WOOD  (3508)  STONE. 

3530.  Julia  Ann,   b.  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Feb.  10,  1830; 

d.  May  30,  1867  ;  unmarried. 

3531.  Sibyl  J.,  b.  in   Lempster,  N.  H.,  Apr.  9,  1883  ;  m. 

James  Wilson,   b.   in   Petei borough,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
II,  1816;   no  children. 
3533.  George    S.,    b.    in    Lempster,    Aug.    7?    ^833;  m. 
Mary  Wilson  ;  had  one   child,  Ella,  b.    in   Peter- 
borough, N.  H. 


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AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  1 77 

2533.  Ei.LA     LucETTA,  b.    ill     Haiicock,    Mar.    2,    182S; 

m.  William  Parker  ;  no  children.  She  died  Sept. 
2S,  1S50. 

2534.  Charles   H.,  b.  in  Peterborough,  N.   H.,  Mar.   2, 

1834 ;  m.  Martha  Clark,  b.  in  Londonderry,  N. 
H.  ;  had  one  son,  Frederick  S.  Stone,  b.  in 
Nashua,  N.  H.,  Nov.  27,  1853. 


CHILDREN  OF  STEPHEN  (2509) 

AND 

MARIA  (FOSTER)    (page  50)  WOOD. 

2535.  Franklin  Salmon  Wood,  b.  in  Hancock,  N.  H., 

Jan.  S,  1825  ;  m.  Margaret  Jane  Coe,  b.  in  Benton, 
Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  24,  1828. 

2536.  Sabrina   Wood,   b.   Feb.  9,  1830;  m.  Dea.   Alfred 

Hardy,  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Sept.  21,  1S69  ;  resi- 
dence, Greenfield,  N.  H. 

2537.  Oren  Stearns  Wood,  b.  Oct.    13,    1S37  ;  d.   Mar. 

30,  1839. 
353S.  Alden  Samuel  Wood,  b.  Jan.  30,  1840. 

He  was  in  the  Union  Army  in  the  Civil  War.  Resi- 
dence, Hancock,  N.  H.  Occupies  the  old  homestead  of 
his  father  and  of  his  grandfather,  Salmon  Wood. 


CHILDREN  OF  NATHAN  (2510) 

and 
ABIGAIL  C.   (FULLER)  WOOD. 

2539.  Frances,  b.  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Dec.  26,  1827  ;  m. 

A.  C.   Quinn,  of  N.  H.  ;  she  d.  May,  1870;  had 
six  children,  four  now  living  in  Maine. 

2540.  Eveline  L.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1831  ;  d.  June  17,  1833. 

2541.  Eveline  Augusta,  b.   Oct.  18,   1835,  in  Hancock; 

married  ;  d.  in  Newton,   Mar.  22,  1861  ;  no   chil- 
dren. 
2541a.   George  (adopted)  son  of  Nathan,  lives  upon  the 
homestead  of  his  father  in  New  Rutland,  111. 
18 


178  SALMON    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  DAVID  W.   (351 1) 

AND 

MARY  (CLOGSTONE)  ESTABROOK. 

3543.  George  T.,  b.  May,  1843  ;  m.  Henrietta  Curby, 
Feb.  34,  1880;  had  Henry  L.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1881  ; 
res.   Tampico,  111. 

BY  WIFE  LUCY,  HAD  : 

3543.  Martin   B.,  b.   Apr.   3,    1S45  ;  lives  in   New  Bed- 

ford, 111. 

3544.  Mary   A.,  b.   Feb.    17,    1847;    i"-    William  More, 

1873;  had  Burchen,  b.  Aug.  24,  1874;  Charles 
M.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1876  ;  William,  b.  July  37,  1878  ; 
David,  b.  July,  18S0. 

3545.  Hannah  M.,   b.   Apr.   4,    1849;   m.   Daniel  Wood- 

aid,  of  Morrison,  111.,  Sept.  34,  1873  ;  had  Ida 
M.,  b.  July  37,  1S73  ;  Lucy  M.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1874; 
Luther  B.,  b.  Dec.  34,  1876. 

3546.  RosELTA  Elvira,  b.  Apr.  36,  1851  ;  m.  May,  1877, 

Stephen  McPherson  ;  had  Myrtle,  b.  1883  ;  res. 
Plum  Creek,  Nebraska. 

3547.  RosELLA  Elmira,   b.    Apr.    36,  185 1  ;   m.  Wm.   C. 

Ilodkins,  Jan.,  1874  ;  had  Lillian,  b.  1876  ;  Marian 

Lane,  b.  1879;   res.  Bureau  Creek,  111. 
354S.   Daniel  M.,  b.  Aug.  36,  1854,  in  Manchester,  Vt. 
3549.   Sarah   M.,   dau.   of  David  W.    and  Mary   Walters 

Estabrook,    b.  in   Fairfield,  111.,  May  5,  1865  ;   m. 

John  Stewart,  Dec.  18,  1S83  ;  had  Mary  Alice,  b. 

Dec.  31,  1883. 


CHILDREN  OF  ELVIRA  CALISTA  (ESTABROOK) 

(2513) 

AND 

JACOB  BALDWIN. 

3550.  Maria  Calista,  b.  Aug.  30,  1831  ;  m.  Almon  F. 
Reynolds,  May  33,  1849,  in  Manchester,  Vt.  ;  d. 
Sept.  II,  1864. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  179 

2551.  Mary    Eliza,    b.    Feb.   26,    1833;  m.    Francis   M. 

Lane,  Nov.  16,  1857,  '"  Princeton,  111.  ;  res. 
Yorktown,  111. 

2552.  Joel  Manning,  b.  May  5,  1834  5    ""■•   Oipba  Jane 

Bigelow,  Sept.  17,  1853,  in  Halifax,  Vt.  ;  had 
Mary  Jane,  b.  May  20,  1856  ;  J.  William,  b.  Mar. 
20,  1S59;  Frank  H.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1861  ;  Lizzie 
Maria,  b.  Oct.  24,  1871  ;    res.  Evans  Mills,  N.  Y. 

2553.  Lucy  Jane,  b.  July  31,  1838,  in  Worcester,  Vt.  ;  m. 

Feb.  6,  1859,  Harvey  Bird  Laflin,  son  of  E.  and 
Almira  Grover  Laflin  ;  res.  La  Crosse,  Wiscon- 
sin. A  practicing-  physician  ;  he  was  born  in 
Pine  Grove,  Pa.,  July  27,  1834;  adopted  dau., 
Nellie,  m.  J.  A.  Raymond,  of  La  Crosse. 


CHILDREN  OF  SARAH  MARIA  (ESTABROOK) 

(2516) 

AND 

NOAH  J.  HOGEBOOM. 

2554.  John  N.,  b.  June  28,  1843,  in  Manchester,  Vt.  ;  m. 

in  Princeton,  111.,  Anna  Woodard  Kedzie,  b.  in 
Elkhart,  Indiana,  Nov.  26,  1843  ;  had  Lillian,  b. 
Nov.  28,  1867,  d.  Aug.  14,  1882;  Minnie  M.,  b. 
Feb.  19,  1869;  John  W.,  b.  May  23,  1872,  d. 
Sept.  28,  1872;  Daisey  Dean,  b.  Apr.  19,  1874; 
James  Henry,  b.  June,  27,  1875;  Fanny  Cynthia, 
b.  Dec.  7,  1877;  Nellie  A.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1883; 
res.  near  Tampico,  111. 

2555.  Highland  Henry,  b.  Nov.  12,  1845,  in  Manchester, 

Vt.  ;  m.  Jennetta  vSykes,  of  Dorset,  Vt.  ;  had  Jen- 
nie Maria,  b.  June  23,  1880;  Emma  Lavina,  b. 
Aug.  21,  1S82,  d.  Nov.  27,  1883;  Edwin  Sykes, 
b.  Apr.  5,  1884;  res.  near  Tampico,  111. 

2556.  Elvira  Maria,  b.  Sept.  13,  1848,    in  Manchester. 

Vt.  ;  d.  Jan.  8,  1863. 

2557.  Fanny  Amelia,  b.  Nov.    2,    1853,   in  Manchester, 

Vt.  ;  d.  Apr.  13,  1875. 


l8o  SALMON    WOOD 

CHILD  OF  STEPHEN  MONROE  (3517) 

AND 

ROSELTA  (HOWE)  ESTABROOK. 

2558.   RocEi.iA,  b.  in  Manchester,  Vt.,  1852  ;    m.    Luther 
Scott ;  had  four  daughters. 


CHILDREN  OF  AUGUSTINE  (2519) 


ELIZABETH  (RICHARDSON)  WOOD. 

2559.  Curtis  A.  Wood,  b.  Apr.  7,  1S46;  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  Medical  College,  Hanover,  N.  H.  ; 
practicing  physician,  Greenville,  N.  H.  ;  m.  Ida 
S.  Benson,  b.  in  Maine. 

2';6o.  Samuel  R.  Wood,  b.  June  10,  1850;  d.  May  14, 
.     1875. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  (2520) 

AND 

SARAH  (STOTT)  WOOD. 

2561.  George  W.   Wood,  b.  July  31,  1S44,  in   Philadel- 

phia, Pa.  ;  m.  Elnora  Tenny,  of  Mailboro',  N. 
H.,  Nov.  31,  1S69;  had  Clarence  W.  Wood,  b. 
Sept.  5,  1870  ;  Arthur  E.  Wood,  b.  Oct.  29,  1874  ; 
res.  Marlboro',  N.  H. 

2562.  Curtis    S.    Wood,  b.  May    24,  1846,    in    Reading, 

Pa.  ;  m.  Kate  A.  Desler,  of  Canton,  Ohio,  Oct. 
10,  1S72;  les.  Canton,  Ohio. 

2563.  Theodore  A.  Wood,  b.  Jan.  10,  1849,  in  Reading, 

Pa.  ;  m.  Martha  Varner,  of  Harrisville,  N.  H., 
Jan.,  1879;  res.  Harrisville,  N.  II. 

2564.  Clara  E.  Wood,  b.  Feb.  25,  1856,  in   Harrisville, 

N.  H. 

2565.  Harriet  E.  Wood,  b.   Feb.    27,    185S,   in   Harris- 

ville, N.  H.  ;  m.  Charles  L.  Yardly,  Feb.  15, 
1879  ;  res.  Harrisville,  N.  H. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  lOI 

CHILDREN  OF  DAVID  A.   (2522) 

AND 

SARAH  L.   (STANLEY)  WOOD. 

2566.  Twin  Boys,    b.  and   d.  Mar.  4,    1S44,    in   Hancock, 

N.  H. 

2567.  Daughter,   b.  and  d.   May  4,    1845,   in   Hancock, 

N.  H. 
256S.  Edwin  M.  Wood,  b.  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Feb.  22, 
1S46  ;  m.  Sylvia  R.  Sawtell,  b.  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H,, 
June  29,  1848.  Tbey  were  m.  .Sept.  20,  1868  ;  had 
Laurice  A.  F.  Wood,  b.  at  Gill,  Mass.,  Nov.  16, 
1S72  ;  Herbert  A.  Wood,  b.  in  Gill,  Mass.,  June 
30,  1874;   res.  Boston  Highlands,  Mass. 

2569.  Mauv  Anna  Wood,  b.  Nov.  i,  1848;  d.   Feb.    13, 

1S50. 

2570.  George  Henry  Wood,  b.  Jan.  13,    1851  ;    d.   Feb. 

14,  1851. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  E.   (2526) 

AND 

JOANNA  (SPRAGUE)  BOUTELLE. 

2'^7i.  Adelbert  D.,  b.  May  4,  1S42  ;  m.  Augusta  S. 
Marston,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  1841  ;  res.  Wor- 
cester, Mass.  Has  one  child,  Mabel  Amelia,  b. 
May  I,  1874;  he  vvas  in  8th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vol. 
Infantry,  in  Civil  War. 

2572.  Albert   L.,   b.   in    .South   Chelmsford,  Mass.,  Aug. 

21,  1843;  m.  Lucy  A.  Huggins,  Dec,  7,  1869, 
b.  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Nov.  11,  1846;  had  Wil- 
liam A.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1872;  Chas.  R.,  b.  Feb. 
20,  1875;  Louis  W.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1883.  Was  in 
ist   N.    H.    Heavy  Artillery   in   Civil  War. 

2573.  Landon  H.,  b.  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  June  4,  1846  ;  m. 

Nov.  5,  1868,  Mary  A.  Williams,  h.  in  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  Jan.  21,  1844;  had  George  W.,  b. 
Apr.  25,  1870;  Charles   E.,   b.  June  5,   1872;  d. 


l82  SALMON    WOOD 

Jan.  9,  1S75  ;  Johanna  Day,  b.  July  2,  1880, 
Landon  H.  was  in  ist  N.  H.  Heavy  Artillery  in 
Civil  War. 

2574.  William  L.,  b.    in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  May  35,  184S; 

m.  Aug.  16,  1S71,  Almira  L.  Damon,  b.  in  Salis- 
bury, Vt.,  July  14,  1850;  no  children.  Was  in 
ist  N.  H.  Heavy  Artillery  in  Civil  War. 

2575.  John  S.,  b.  in  Nashua,  Apr.  29,  1850;  m.   Jan.  11, 

1872,  Nellie  F.  Knowlton,  b.  in  Boscawen,  N. 
H.,  July  29,  1S54. 

2576.  Amelia  Antoinette,  b.  1852  ;  d.  Aug.,  iSc;6. 

2577.  Llewellyn  W.,  b.    in   Nashua,  Jan.  22,  1853  ;  m. 

Apr.  30,  1879,  Annette  J.  Sisson,  b.  in  Buckland, 
Mass.,  May  1 1,  1857  ;  had  Percy  L.,  b.  in  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  May  12,  1881. 
The  3d  and  9th  died  in  infancy. 


CHILDREN  OF  FRANKLIN  S.  (2535) 

AND 

MARGARET  JANE  (COE)  WOOD. 

257S.  Lelia  J.  Wood,  b.  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  May  14, 
1850.' 

2579.  Eugene  F.  Wood,  b.  in  Hancock,  Oct.  17,  18=51  ; 
lives  in  Warren,  Mass. 

25S0.  Carrie  M.  Wood,  1).  in  Gaines,  Orleans  Co.,  N. 
Y.,  Dec.  Si  1S53  ;  d.  in  Keene,  N.  H.,  Nov.  18, 
1876. 

2581.  Fred.  C.  Wood,  b.  in  Albion,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  31,  1857;  m.  in  May,  1SS3  ;  res.  Spring- 
field, Mass. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  183 

JEREMIAH  WOOD  (9), 

SEVENTH  CHILD  OF 

•      JEREMIAH  AND  DORATHY  WOOD. 
The  writer  copied  the  following  from  his  gravestone  in 

Littleton,  Mass.  : 

"  Here  lies  buried 

the  body  of 

Jeremiah    Wood, 

ye  son  of 

Mr.  Jeremiah  Wood 

and 

Mrs.  Dorathy  Wood, 

who  deceased, 

Oct.  21,  1736, 

Age  ye  14  years  10  m.  &  20  days." 

He  was  born  in  Littleton,  Dec.  i,  1721. 

In  the  distribution  of  the  property  of  his  father,  a  por- 
tion of  the  real  estate  was  set  to  him  which,  after  his 
decease,  was  mostly  purchased  from  his  heirs  by  his 
brother  Bennet. — Recorded  at  Cambridge,  Mass. 


SARAH  WOOD  (10) 
eighth  chied  of 
JEREMIAH  AND  DORATHY  WOOD. 
Was  b.    in  Littleton,  Feb.  7,  1724;  m.  Joseph  Chase, 
of  Littleton,  Oct.  13,  1743. 

children  : 
Joseph,    b.    .Sept.    13,    1744;  d.  July    10, 

1745- 
Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  9,  i745- 
Sarah,  b.  Oct.  7,  1746. 
Dolly,  b.  May  S,  1748. 
Joseph,  b.  March  8,  1750. 
— [Littleton  Town  Records.] 

This  family  removed  to  Groton,  where  other  children 
may  be  recorded.  Inventory  of  Joseph's  estate  taken 
May  14,  1785,  a  part  of  which  was  sold  to  Thomas 
Wood,  son  of  Bennet. 


184  JONATHAN    WOOD 

JONATHAN  WOOD. 

JONATHAN  WOOD  (11) 

AND 

DESCENDANTS. 

Jonathan  Wood,  ninth  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Dorathy 
Wood,  wash.  Aug.  3,  1727,  in  Littleton,  Mass.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail  Daby,  in  Sudbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  8,  1749; 
settled  in  Stow,  Mass.  ;  had  by  first  wife,  Abigail,  Sarah 
and  Jonathan.  The  wife,  Abigail  Daby  Wood,  d.  Dec. 
26,  1764,  aged  31  yrs.  11  mo.  26  da.,  and  was  buried  in 
Stow  beside  Joseph  Daby,  the  pioneer,  who  died  Feb.  22, 
1734,  aged  about  80  years.  The  Dabys  were  descend- 
ants of  the  ancestor  Derby,  in  England ;  pronounced 
Derbi,  or  Darbi.  Jonathan,  Senior,  m.  second  wife, 
Katherine  Gardner,  Dec.  18,  1765,  by  whom  he  had 
Katherine,  Mary,  Charlotte  and  Joseph.  Katherine 
Gardner  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Gardner  and  Mary 
Baxter,  his  wife.  Her  father  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1715  ;  ordained  Nov.  18,  1720,  and  was  minister 
of  Stow,  Mass.,  fifty-five  years.  Her  brother  Henry 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  17^)0,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  Provincial  Congress  which  met  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  Oct.,  1774.  Subsequently  lie  was  chosen  Treas- 
urer of  the  Province,  by  the  first  Congress.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  was 
considered  a  learned  man,  as  well  as  an  earnest  and 
zealous  patriot.  His  residence  was  the  "  Old  Province 
House,"  Boston,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Katherine  Wood's  aunt,  Sarah  Baxter,  married 
Thomas  Buckminster,  of  Framingham. 

John  Wood,  the  uncle  of  Katherine's  husband,  married 
Elizabeth  Buckminster,  a  sister  of  Thomas,  thus  connect- 
ing the  Buckminsters  and  Baxters  with  both  the  Jeremiah 
and  John  branches  of  the  Wood  family. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  185 

Mary  Baxter,  who  married  the  Rev.  John  Gardner,  was 
a  dau.  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Baxter,  of  Medford,  who  was 
b.  June  4,  1676,  and  his  first  wife,  who  was  a  dau.  of  Rev. 
John  Fiske.  The  latter  was  of  a  family  which  begins  on 
the  records  five  generations  earlier  with  Simon,  lord  of 
the  Manor  of  Stradhaugh,  Laxfield,  Sufiblk,  England, 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VI. 

It  was  Mary's  grandfather  who  first  came  to  America. 

Jonathan  Wood,  Esq.,  died  Oct.  i8,  1797.  He  was  a 
prominent  and  honored  man  in  public  affairs,  both  mili- 
tary and  civil.  His  second  wife,  Katherine,  was  b.  in 
Stow,  Sept.  9,  1729;  d.  Oct.  5,  1803. 

Jonathan  Wood,  son  of  Jeremiah,  had  by  wife  Abigail 
(Daby)  Wood: 

2601.  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  25,  1750. 

2602.  Sarah,  b.  Apr.  15,  1752. 

2603.  Jonathan,  b.  1761. 

BY    WIFE, 

KATHERINE  (GARDNER)  WOOD. 

2604.  Katherine,  b.  Oct.  22,  1766. 

2605.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  11,  1768. 

2606.  Charlotte,  b.  Apr.  22,  1771- 

2607.  Joseph,  b.  July  14,  1773. 


ABIGAIL  WOOD. 

Abigail  Wood  (2601),  b.  Mar.  25,  1750;  m.  Dec, 
1773,  Zechariah  Whitman.  He  was  the  son  of  Zecha- 
riah,  son  of  John,  son  of  Rev.  Zechariah,  of  Hull,  who 
was  the  youngest  son  of  John  Whitman,  who  came  to 
this  country  before  1638,  and  settled  in  Weymouth, 
Mass. 

Prior  to  1780  (the  exact  date  is  not  recorded),  Zecha- 
riah and  Abigail  (Wood)  Whitman  removed  to  West- 
minster, Mass.,  a  newly  settled  town  lying  at  the  foot  of 
19 


1 86  JONATHAN    WOOD 

Mt.  Wachusett.  Here  they  purchased  a  section  of  land, 
erected  buildings,  and  in  1798  we  find  in  the  valuation  of 
homesteads  by  the  government,  that  of  Zechariah  Whit- 
man stood  second  of  tlie  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
estates. 

Of  the    fourteen    children    of   Zechariah  and    Abigail 
(Wood)  Whitman,  we  give  a  brief  record,  as  follows  : 

2608.  Sarah  W.,  b.  June    5,    1775;  m.  Jos.    Spaulding ; 

had  II  children. 

2609.  Abigail   W.,    b.    Aug.    3,    1776;    m.  Jonas  Mar- 

shall ;  had  2  children. 

2610.  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  6,  177S;  m.  Anna  Jackson  and 

Sally  Flint ;   had  3  children. 

2611.  Elizabeth,   b.   Mar.  7,  1781  ;  m.  Caleb  Williams; 

had  a  large  family. 

2612.  Zechariah,   b.   May  5,   1782;  m.    Rebecca  Dods ; 

had  3  children. 

2613.  Catherine,  b.   July    11,  17S3;  d.   unmarried,  aged 

23  years. 

2614.  Mary,    b.    June    13,    1785;     m.    Goss ;     d. 

young ;  no  children. 

2615.  Charlotte,   b.   Dec.  3,  1786;  m.  Wm.  Rice;  had 

12  children. 

2616.  Dorcas,  b.  Mar.   29,  1788;  m.  Manasseh  Forbnsh  ; 

had  6  children. 

2617.  Joseph,   b.    Jan.    5,    1790;   m.    Dolly  Mayo ;  had  9 

children. 

2618.  Dolly,  b.    Feb.  20,  1792;  m.  David  Forbnsh  ;   had 

2  children. 

2619.  Susannah,  b.  Aug.  6,  1793;  d.  unmarried,  aged  16 

years. 

Two  died  in  infancy,  and  names  are  not  recorded. 

The  father,    Zechariah    Whitman,   d.    Aug.    15,    1806, 
aged  59  years. 

The   mother,   Abigail    (Wood)   Whitman,  d.    Feb.  25, 
1816,  aged  66  years. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  187 

The  sons:  Zechariah  Whitman,  cl.  July  21,  1825,  aged 
43  years. 

Jonathan  Whitman,  d.  July  11,  1829,   aged  60  years. 

Joseph  Whitman  ;  d.  Oct.  4,  i860,  aged  70  years. 

The  daughters,  most  of  whom  lived  to  an  advanced 
age,  were  without  an  exception  exemplary  wives  and 
mothers,  exerting  a  marked  influence  on  their  several 
families.  Our  limits  will  not  allow  of  an  extended  record 
of  their  descendants,  who  are  numerous  and  widely  scat- 
tered. Many  of  them  have  been  noted  for  moral 
worth,  as  well  as  mental  ability  and  culture,  and  have 
held  positions  of  trust  and  honor. 

The  two  eldest  sons  died  comparatively  young,  but  had 
held  responsible  offices,  and  were  regarded  as  men  of 
integrity  and  force  of  character.  With  their  father's  aid 
they  built  several  large  substantial  houses,  one  of  which 
was  known  (and  kept  for  many  years)  as  the  "  Whitman 
Tavern."  They  also  built  a  mill  (propelled  by  water 
power),  where  they  run  a  "  Grist-Mill  "  and  "  Saw-Mill," 
leasing  a  part  for  the  manufacture  of  chairs,  which  has 
since  become  the  principal  manufacturing  interest  in  the 
town. 

Joseph,  the  youngest  son,  engaged  early  in  mercantile 
pursuits,  which,  in  connection  with  manufacturing 
business,  and  the  co-partnership  of  his  two  eldest  sons, 
he  followed  to  the  close  of  a  long  life.  He  held  various 
town  offices  of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  represented 
the  town  in  the  State  Legislature,  was  for  many  years 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  Postmaster  for  twenty-flve 
years  prior  to  his  decease.      He  had  eight  children,  viz  : 

2620.  Maria   A.,   b.   June   21,    1820;    d.    Dec.  12,  1853; 

unmarried. 

2621.  Joseph   M.,   b.   June    10,    1S22  ;  res.  Chicago,  111.; 

he  has  2  sons,  Fred.  S.,  and  George  R. 

2622.  Jerome,  b.  Oct.  31,    1S24;   residence,  Westminster, 

Mass. 


l88  JONATHAN    WOOD 

2623.  Alonzo,  b.  Feb.  14,  1S27  ;  res.   Leominster,  Mass.  ; 

has  one  son,  Frank. 

2624.  Marcus,  b.    July   13,    1S29;   P.  O.    address,  West- 

minster, Mass. 

The  three  3'oungest,  Benjamin,  Abigail  W.,  and 
George  died  of  scarlet  fever,  two  the  9th  and  the  other 
the  nth  of  March,  1836. 

Sarah   Wood  (2602),  b.  in   Stow,  Apr.  15,  1752;  m. 

Blood.      She  was    not   living  in  1792,  when    some 

property  was  divided  among  the  heirs  of  her  mother, 
Abigail  (Daby)  Wood. 

The  share  of  Sarah  was  ordered  paid  to  her  children  : 

2625.  Henry  Gardner  Blood. 

2626.  Sarah  Blood. 

2627.  Abigah.  Blood  ;   Oliver  Blood,  Guardian. 

Am  informed  that  Mrs.  Soper  was  a  sister  of  Gardner 
Blood,  and  her  descendants  are  Sally,  Mary,  Jacob, 
Abigail  and  Emily, — that  the  son  Jacob  only,  left 
descendants ;  that  he  married  Eliza  Tower,  of  Stow,  and 
left  a  son  and  daughter,  both  living  somewhere  in  the 
west. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  189 

DR.  JONATHAN   WOOD. 

Jonathan  Wood,  Jr.,  M.  D.  (2603),  b.  1761  ;  m. 
Sarah  Leathe,  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  Sept.  5,  1782.  He 
d.  Aug.  29,  1822.     They  had  several  children,  viz  : 

2628.  Jonathan  Wood,  b.  May  8,  1783  ;   m.  Jane  Proud- 

fit,  of  Norfolk,  Va.  ;  d.  March  13,  1847,  aj^ed  63 
yrs.  10  mos.  5  days. 

2629.  John  Wood,  b.  Oct.  15,  17S4;  d.  unmarried. 

2630.  Mary  Wood,  b.  June   5,  1786;   m.  Rol)ert    Barber, 

of  Boston,  Mass.  ;  d.  Jan  7,  1879;  had  Amelia; 
d.  unmarried. 

3631.  Jedediah  Leathe  Wood,  b.  Apr.  4,  1788;  d.  Oct. 
18,  1794. 

2632.  Abigail  Daby  Wood,  b.  Jan.  16,  1790;  m.  Timo- 
thy Prescott,  of  Littleton,  Mass.,  Apr.  24,  1814; 
d.  Mar.  22,  1823. 

3633.  Francis  Wood,  b.  Oct.  19,  1791  ;  m.  Maria  Ames, 
of  Va.  ;  d. 

2634.  Sarah  Wood,  b.  Feb.  13,  1794;  m.  Henry  Brooks, 

of  Stow,  Mass.,  Mar.  12,  1815  ;  d.  May  6,  1859. 

2635.  Hannah  Blanchard  Wood,  b.  Feb.  24,  1797;  m. 

Charles  Jansen,  of  England,  Sept.  23,  1845  ;  d. 
Mar.  2,  187 1. 

Dr.  Jonathan  Wood  studied  his  profession  with  the 
famous  Dr.  Spring  of  Watertown,  Mass.  ;  found  his  wife 
there.  He  practiced  largely  in  Stow  until  her  death, 
which  occurred  Jan.  20,  1819.  He  died  soon  after,  Aug. 
29,  1822. 

His  oldest  son,  Jonathan,  removed  to  Virginia,  after- 
wards to  North  Carolina,  and  thence  to  Brownsville, 
Tennessee,  where  he  was  a  merchant  and  had  a  large 
family. — See  records  farther  on. 

John  Wood,  the  next  oldest  son,  went  to  Norfolk,  Va., 
when  a  mere  lad,  and  at  the  early  age  of  18  was  sent  to 
England  by  his  employers  to  buy  goods. 


190  DR.    JONATHAN    WOOD 

He  was  quite  successful  for  some  years  in  trade  at 
Richmond,  Va.,  and  was  there  at  the  burning  of  the 
theatre  in  which  so  many  Hves  were  lost. 

He  had  the  youngest  brother,  Francis,  with  him  in 
business,  and  he  educated  his  youngest  sister,  Hannah, 
in  the  best  school  in  Philadelphia,  giving  her  every 
advantage  and  accomplishment  of  the  time.  He  was 
afterwards  in  business  in  Boston,  and  considered  rich, 
and  aided  in  fitting  up  the  old  Wood  Mansion  in  Stow, 
then  owned  and  occupied  by  his  sister  Sally  and  her  hus- 
band. He  was  a  man  of  mark  and  note  at  that  time,  but 
later  was  unsuccessful  and  lost  all  his  property. 

His  youngest  sister,  thrown  on  her  own  resources, 
turned  her  educational  accomplishments  to  advantage  by 
opening  a  boarding  school  for  young  ladies  in  the  old 
mansion  at  Stow.  This  soon  became  widel}^  known,  and 
was  resorted  to  from  the  country  by  the  daughters  of  the 
best  tamilies  for  finishing  their  studies.  It  was  sustained 
by  Miss  Wood  in  good  repute  for  fourteen  years,  until 
she  had  earned  a  competence,  and  retired  from  her  work. 
The  oldest  daughter,  Mary,  after  the  death  of  her 
husband,  in  Boston,  returned  to  Stow  to  live  with  her 
sisters,  and  in  1850,  when  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brooks  went  to 
Michigan,  where  their  son,  John  W.,  was  at  the  head  of 
the  Michigan  Central  Railroad,  and  the  Wood  Mansion 
was  sold  to  strangers,  Mary  and  Hannah  removed  to 
Concord,  Mass.,  where  the}^  lived  beloved  and  respected 
to  a  good  old  age.  Hannah  died,  aged  75,  in  187 1,  and 
Mary  in  1879,  ^^  the  great  age  of  92. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I91 

JONATHAN  (2638)  AND  JANE  (PROUDFIT)  WOOD 

AND 

THEIR  DESCENDANTS. 

Jonathan  Wood,  son  of  Dr.  Jonathan  and  Sarah 
(Leathe)  Wood,  was  born  in  Stow,  Mass,  about  20  miles 
from  Boston,  May  8,  1783.  He  early  in  life  moved  to 
the  South,  settling  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  mercantile  business.  For  some  time  he 
and  General  Winfield  Scott,  who  was  his  intimate  friend, 
together  kept  "bachelors' hall "  in  Norfolk.  In  1811, 
June  ist,  he  married  Jane  Proudfit,  dau.  of  John  Proudfit 
(the  large  merchant  and  ship  owner  of  Norfolk,  who 
lost  several  ships  by  "  French  spoliations"'  in  1800),  and 
of  Judith  Roane  Proudfit,  and  niece  of  the  distinguished 
Judge  Roane,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Virginia. 

The  wife  of  Jonathan  Wood  was  a  lady  of  superior 
qualities  of  heart  and  mind  —  accomplished,  —  having  had 
the  best  advantages  of  education  which  Philadelphia  of 
that  day  could  afford.  Possessed  of  superior  musical 
culture,  and  above  all  endowed  with  that  best  jewel  of 
true  womanhood — the  christian  grace  which  made  her  so 
faithful  a  wife  and  mother. 

Jonathan  Wood  afterwards  moved  to  North  Carolina, 
living  first  in  Halifax,  then  in  Nash,  then  in  Franklin 
counties,  where  he  lived  many  years  and  reared  a  large 
family  of  children.  At  that  time  there  was  a  great 
impulse  of  emigration,  from  both  North  Carolina  and  Vir- 
ginia, to  "  The  West."  Accordingly  in  1840  we  find  him 
leaving  two  married  daughters  in  the  "  Old  North  State," 
removing  with  the  rest  of  his  family  to  Tennessee,  which 
was  then  called  "  going  out  west."  Indeed,  one  may  now 
cross  the  continent  in  much  less  time  and  with  far  less 
trouble  than  was  then  required  to  travel  from  North  Caro- 
lina to  West   Tennessee.     The    "Western   District"   of 


IQ2  DR.    JONATHAN    WOOD 

Tennessee  was  then  new  and  sparsely  settled  territory  ; 
Memphis  being  but  a  small  village. 

In  Brownsville,  Jonathan  Wood  again  became  a  mer- 
chant, associating  with  himself  in  business,  his  sons, 
James  and  Spencer ;  but  his  death  occurred  a  few  years 
after  his  settling  in  Tennessee.  He  died  March  13, 
1847. 

His  young  sons,  James  and  Spencer,  continued  the 
business,  and  through  their  energy  and  popularity,  soon 
became  successful  merchants.  Mrs.  Jonathan  Wood  lived 
to  see  all  of  her  children  married  and  settled  in  comfort 
and  prosperity,  all  being  near  her  excepting  Mrs  Blount 
and  Mrs.  Thorpe  in  North  Carolina.  She  died  in  1856, 
loved  and  respected  by  the  entire  community. 

Jonathan  and  Jane  (Proudtit)  Wood  had  eleven  chil- 
dren,—  four  died  in  infancy,  the  remaining  seven  as 
follows  : 

2636.  Sarah  Ann. 

2637.  Virginia. 

263S.  James  Proudfit. 

2639.  William. 

2640.  Spencer  Roane. 
3641.  Jane. 

2642.  Georgiana. 

I. 

Sarah  Ann  Wood  (2636),  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Jane 
(Proudfit)  Wood,  b.  July  18,  1815,  in  Massachusetts; 
m.  Dec.  23,  1834,  Benjamin  H.  Blount.  She  died  Apr. 
29,  1883.      Had: 

2643.  George  Washington  Blount,  b.   Oct.   7,    1S36; 

graduated  at  University  of  North  Carolina.  Is  a 
prominent  attorney  at  law  at  Wilson,  N.  C.  ; 
Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  N.  C,  1875  and 
1876.  Now  Grand  High  Priest,  G.  R.  A.  Chap- 
ter of  N.  C.  A  very  eminent,  cultivated  gentle- 
man. He  m.  Sallie  E.  Egerton,  Nov.  28,  i860; 
has  live  children,  viz :  May  Clark,  Pauline  I., 
Charles  Egerton,  Sallie  Gertrude,  Sue  Eloise. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I93 

3644.  Benjamin    James    Blount,    b.    Feb.   4,    1S38;  d. 

Dec.  30,  1863  ;   unmarried. 
2645.  Angelina  Blount,  b.  Aug.  13,  1841  ;  d.  Sept.  20, 

1841. 

3646.  VVm.   Henry   Blount,   b.   Aug.  4,  1843  ;  editor  of 

Wilson   Mirror,   N.    C.  ;   m.   Delia   Harris,  Oct. 
17,  1877;   no  children. 

3647.  Mary  Jane  Blount,  b.  May  35,  1845  ;   m.  T.  Play- 

wood   Best,  of  Green   Co.,  N.  C,  Jan.  30,    1876; 
have  Lida  Leigh  Best  and  Henry  Best. 

3648.  Thomas   Spencer   Blount,   b.   Nov.  35,    1847  ;  d. 

Aug.  39,  1848. 

3649.  John   Wood    Blount,    b.    Nov.    6,  1849;  pliinter, 

and  attorney  at  law^,  at  Snow  Hill,  Green  Co.,  N. 

C.  ;   ni.  Bettie  Edinundson,  Sept.  37,    1877  !    ^^'<^'^^ 

two  children,  Sadie  and  John. 
2650.   Sarah   Caroline  Blount,   b.    Oct.    16,  18^1  ;  m. 

WiUiam   T.    Barnes,   of  Wilson,  N.  C,  Nov.  28, 

1871  ;   have  C.  Barnes  and  Edwina. 
3651.  Virginia   Blount,  b.   Sept.  32,  1853;  '"•  Jolm   T. 

Weaver,    of  Wilson,   N.  C,  May   29,  1871  ;   have 

Kenneth  Alva,  and  Daisy. 
3653.  Joseph  Roane  Blount,  b.  May  35,  1855  ;  d.  July 

34,  1855. 

n. 

Virginia  Wood  (2637),  b.    in  1817  ;    m.  John  Thorpe 
in  Nash  Co.,  North  Carolina.      Had  : 

3653.  Henry  Roane  Thorpe  ;  he  attained   distinction  as 

a  physician,  at  Rocky  Mount,  N.  C.  ;  m.  Lucie 
S.  Bunn  ;  he  died  in  1878,  aged  43  years  ;  left  two 
children,  William  Bennett  and  Lucie  Carrie. 

3654.  John   Houston   Thorpe,    planter  and   attorney   at 

law.  Rocky  Mount,  N.  C.  ;   m.  Sallie  Eliza  Bunn. 

Has  one  child,  Henry  Roane  Thorpe,  now  (1885) 

in  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

2655.  William  Lewis  Thorpe,  planter,  attorney  at  law, 

and   merchant,   Hilliardston,  N.  C.  ;  m.    Mary  E. 

Armington  ;  has  Archibald  A.  and  Virginia. 
20  ^ 


1^4  DR.   JONATHAN    WOOD 

2656.  Franklin     Jesse    Thorpe,    physician,    at     Rocky 

Mount,  N.  C.  ;  m.  Bettie  Battle  ;    has  Kate  and 
James. 

2657.  Daniel  Wood   Thorpe,  planter  at  Rocky  Mount ; 

age    30  years ;    m.   Mary   Blount   Tredwell ;  has 

one  child,  John. 
265S.  Annie  Virginia  Thorpe  ;  m.  recently,  Fletcher  Y. 

Ramsey. 
2659.  Alexander  Proudfit  Thorpe,  druggist  at  Rocky 

Mount,  N.  C. 


III. 

James  Proudfit  Wood  (2638)  was  born  near  Louis- 
burg,  N.  C,  Dec.  31,  1819;  moved  to  Brownsville,  Ten- 
nessee, in  1840  ;  married,  Jan.  3,  1848,  Anne  G.  Perkins, 
dau.  of  a  wealthy  planter,  of  Haywood  Co.,  Tenn. 

James  P.  Wood  was  distinguished  by  great  energy  and 
activity  in  business  affairs,  but  not  less  by  those  fine  social 
traits,  genial  disposition  and  kindliness  of  heart  which 
endeared  him  to  all. 

At  fourteen  he  prevailed  upon  his  parents  to  allow  him 
to  leave  school  and  go  into  business,  and  at  that  early  age 
began  his  career. 

At  the  contemplation  of  the  building  of  the  first  railroad 
through  his  section  of  country  he  was  appointed  by  the 
company  as  general  collecting  agent.  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  and  became  successively  Vice-President  and 
President  of  the  same  road  (Memphis  and  Ohio),  which 
latter  position  he  held  until  the  operations  of  the  road  were 
suspended  by  the  great  civil  war. 

After  the  war  he  again  engaged  in  mercantile  business, 
and  although  in  infirm  health  for  several  years  before  his 
death,  was  engaged  in  business  to  the  last. 

He  was  a  Knight  Templar  of  the  order  of  Free  masons 
and  in  the  communion  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  His 
death  occurred  March,  1879. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  195 

His  widow  is  still  living,  married  in  1883,  Judge  T.  M. 
Jones,  of  Pulaski,  a  distinguished  Tennesseean,  having 
been  several  times  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  a 
member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1870,  a 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Tennessee,  &c. 

James  P.  Wood  and  his  wife,  Anne  G.,  had  only  one 
child,  Mary.  She  has  done  much  to  secure  the  records 
of  her  branch. 

3660.  Mary  Wood,  dan.  of  James  P.  and  Anne  G.  Wood, 
was  born  Feb.  3,  1853;  she  married  Dec.  8, 
1874,  J.  W.  E.  Moore,  a  leading  and  distinguished 
lawyer  of  the  Brownsville  bar.  Have  three  chil- 
dren : 

2661.  Annebel,  b.  Sept.  21,  1876. 

2662.  Mary,  b.  1879. 

2663.  Wood,  b.  April  34,  1881. 

IV. 

William  P.  Wood  (2639),  b.  Feb.  14,  1823  ;  married, 
Nov.  13,  1844,  Ariadne  Leonard.  He  was  a  young  law- 
yer of  talent  and  promise  ;  a  graduate  of  William  and 
Mary  College,  Va.  ;  a  sincere  christian,  a  refined  and 
cultured  gentleman,  but  died  at  the  beginning  of  his 
career.  He  died  April,  1850,  just  one  month  after  the 
death  of  his  wife.     They  left  three  children  : 

3664.  William  L.,  died  in  infancy. 

2665.  John    Proudfit  ;  m.    Fannie    Nelson,    of   Helena, 

Ark.     They  have  one  child,  a  daughter. 
3666.  Julia  A.  ;  m.  R.  F.  Collins,  a  wealthy  planter  below 

Memphis,   Tenn.     They   have   two  children,  viz  : 

Robert  and  Sadie. 

V. 

Spencer  Roane  Wood  (2640),  b.  in  North  Carolina, 
Aug.    2,  1825  ;  married   Mary  Jane   Howell,  dau.  of  Dr. 


196  DR.    JONATHAN    WOOD 

Wm.  Howell,  of  Brownsville,  Tenn.,  Nov.  17,  1846. 
Spencer  Wood  was  a  popular  merchant  in  Brownsville 
for  some  years  ;  was  also  connected  for  some  time  with 
the  Memphis  and  Ohio  Railroad. 

In  186-,  he  moved  to  Memphis,  where  he  was  a  part- 
ner in  a  large  dry  goods  house.  In  May,  1873,  he  lost 
his  wife  and  one  child  from  cholera. 

In  1876  he  returned  to  Brownsville  and  married  Mrs. 
M.  E.  Cole.  He  died  from  yellow  fever,  Oct.  13,  1878. 
The  terrihle  epidemic  of  that  year  also  carried  off  several 
of  his  children. 

His  widow,  Mrs.  M.  E.  C.  Wood,  is  still  living; 
residence,  Brownsville,  Tenn. 

CHILDREN  OF  SPENCER  R.   (2640) 

AND 

MARY  JANE  (HOWELL)  WOOD. 

3667.  Sarah   J.,  b.    Sept.  3,  1S47  ;  m.   May  iS,  1S70,  L. 
J.  Pettiis,  of  an  old  Virginia  family. 

They  both  died  in  1878,  of  yellow  fever,  leaving  two 
children,  viz  :  Spencer  Wood,  and  Leroy  J.  Pettus  ;  both 
children  living  (1885)  with  their  paternal  grandparents  in 
Virginia. 

2668.  Margaret  Georgiana  ;  died  in  infancy. 

2669.  Jonathan,  b.    Oct.    22,  1S52  ;  died  of  yellow  fever, 

at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Sept.  26,  187S;  unmarried. 

2670.  Junius  H.,  d.  in  infancy. 

2671.  William  H.,  d.  in  infancy. 

2672.  Virginia    Thorpe,    b.    Sept.,    1859;    "^^    (^885) 

living  in  Brownsville,  Tenn.  ;  unmarried. 

2673.  Henry    Taylor,    b.     Oct.    31,    1861  ;  m.    Ida    M. 

Hayes,    Sept.     3,     1883  ;     living     at    Dyersburg, 
Tenn.  ;  druggist. 

2674.  Nellie  and  Emma  ;  both  died  in  infancy. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  I97 

VI. 

Jane  Wood  (2641),  b.  March  14,  1828;  m.  Wm.  R. 
Leigh,  Nov.,  1845.     Had: 

2675.  LiDA  ;  unmarried. 

2676.  William  R.      In  1S6-,  was    a   student  at  Michigan 

University  ;  afterwards  studied  law  at  Cumberland 
University,  Lebanon,  Tenn.  ;  lawyer;  resides  at 
Brownsville,  Tenn.  ;  unmarried. 

Jane,  after  the  death  of  her  first  husband,  Wm.  R. 
Leigh,  married  in  1852,  W.  P.  Bond,  once  member  of 
Legislature  of  Tenn.  ;  afterwards  Judge  of  Circuit  Court, 
and  before  the  war  a  wealthy  planter. 

By  second  husband  had  : 

2677.  Thomas  Wood  ;   studied  medicine  at  Louisville  Col- 

lege of  Medicine.  When  there  was  an  appeal  to 
the  physicians  for  aid,  during  the  Yellow  Fever 
epidemic  at  Memphis,  in  1S7S,  Dr.  T.  W.  Bond, 
who  was  living  in  Brownsville  at  the  time, 
promptly  responded,  and  in  the  cause  of  suffering 
humanity  nobly  fell  a  victim  to  the  terrible  disease, 
Sept.  16,  1S78. 

2678.  Katherine  Pugh  ;  m.  C.  W.Jacobs,  Jan.  i,  1878; 

has  two  children,  Thomas  Bond  and  William 
Bond. 

2679.  Mary  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

2680.  James  Wood;  d.  Oct.  6,  1S79. 

2681.  Georgia  ;  was  married  in  1SS2  to  H.  A.  Ingram,  of 

Mo.  ;   has  one  child,  James. 

2682.  Spencer  Wood  ;  unmarried. 
26S3.   Edward  Hale  ;  unmarried. 

VII. 

Georgiana  Wood  (2642),  b.  July  6,  1835;  married, 
Nov.  4,  185 1,  to  Henry  L.  Taylor,  from  the  old  Virginia 
family  of  that  name.  He  was,  before  the  war,  a  wealthy 
planter  near  Brownsville,  Tenn. 


1^8  DR.    JONATHAN    WOOD 

Georgiana  and  Henry  L.  Taylor   have   four   children, 


VIZ 


3684.  Edmund  H.  ;  educated  at  Emory  and  Henry  College, 

Va.,  and  in  law  at  Cumberland  University,  Tenn. 
Now  (iS8=^)  editor  States  ajid  Bee^  Brownsville, 
Tenn.;  m.  Neppie  Harbert ;  they  have  four 
children,  Henry,  Harbert,  Georgiana,  and   Mary. 

3685.  William    Wood  ;     educated   at   Emory  and  Henry 

College,  Va.  ;  studied  medicine  at  Belle  Vile 
College,  N.  Y.  ;  now  a  prominent  physician  of 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

3686.  Jennie  ;  m.  Jno.  R.  Bond,  now  a  prominent  lawyer 

of  Brownsville,  Tenn.  ;  formerly  a  member  of  the 
Legislature  of  Tenn.  They  have  six  children, 
Clara,  Bate,  Mary,  Jennie,  John,  and  William. 
2687.  Mary  Pettus  ;  married  R.  L.  Cochran,  a  large 
lumber  dealer  of  Memphis,  Tenn.  They  have 
two  children,  William  and  Marcus. 


DESCENDANTS   OF  ABIGAIL  DABY  (WOOD)   (2633) 

AND 

TIMOTHY  PRESCOTT. 

3788.  Martha  L.  Prescott,  daughter,  b.  Apr.  4,-  1S18; 

m.  John    S.  Keves,    of  Concord,  Mass.,  Sept.  19, 

1844.      They  had  : 
2789.  John  Keyes,  b.  Oct.    13,  1845  ;  d.  July  31,  1846. 

3790.  Anne   S.  Keyes,  b.  May  4,    1847  ;  m.  Dr.  Edward 

Waldo   Emerson,    of    Concord,    Mass.,  Sept.    19, 
1874. 

3791.  Florence  Keyes,  b.  Jan.  26,  1850;  m.  Charles  H. 

Walcott,    of   Concord,  Mass.,  Sept.    23,  1875  ;  d. 
Dec,  1877. 
3793.  Mary  E.  Keyes,  b.  July  8,  1853  ;  d.  Aug.  9,  1854. 

3793.  Alice  M.  Keyes,  b.  June  13,  1855. 

3794.  Prescott   Keyes,    b.   March  36,    185S;  m.    Alice 

Reynolds,  of  Concord,  July  6,  1881. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  199 

CHILDREN  OF  DR.  EDWARD  WALDO 

AND 

ANNE  S.   (KEYES)   (3790)   EMERSON, 
concord,  mass. 

2795.  Ellen  T.  Emerson. 

2796.  Florence  Emerson. 

2797.  William  F.  Emerson. 


CHILD  OF  CHARLES  H. 

AND 

FLORENCE  (KEYES)   (3791)  WALCOTT. 
2798.  Philip  K.  Walcott,  b.  Dec,  1877. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  FRANCIS  (2633) 

AND 

MARIA  (AMES)  WOOD. 

CHILDREN. 

2801.  Ann  Maria,  b.  Mar.  9,  1816;  m.  LaFovest. 

2S02.  Julia  A.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1817  ;  d.  Aug.  13,  1S31  ;  un- 
married. 

2803.  Henry,  b.  1820;  d.  unmarried. 

2804.  Charles,  b.    1823  ;  m.  Ann  Blaisdell,  of  Portland, 

Me.  ;  residence,  Aurora,  III.     They  had  : 
2S05.  Julia,  b.  1853  ;  m.  ;  husband  dead  ;  no  children. 

2806.  Susan  ;  m.  and  d.  ;  no  children. 

2807.  Charles  ;  died  at  17  years  of  age. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  SARAH  (WOOD)   (2634) 

AND 

HENRY  BROOKS. 

children. 
2808.  Hannah   B.    W.,   b.   Apr.    14,    1817;  m.   June  23, 
1840,  Wm.  Wiley  ;  she  d.  1850. 


2GO  DR.  JONATHAN  WOOD 

3S09.  John  Wood  Brooks,  b.  Aug.  19,  1819;  m.  Char- 
lotte Louisa  Dean,  Apr.  21,  1S43.  He  died  at 
Heidelberg,  in  the  Grand  Duch}'  of  Baden,  Ger- 
many, Sept.  16,  1 88 1. 


CHILDREN  OF  HANNAH  B.  W.   (BROOKS)   (2808) 

AND 

WILLIAM  WILEY. 

3810.  Sarah  B.  W.  Wiley,  b.  Apr.  13,    1841  ;   m.    Lynd 

Lewis. 

381 1.  Wm.  Wiley,  b.  July  15,  1843  ;  killed  in  the  war. 
3813.  John  Wiley  ;   married;  one  child. 

Other  children  died  young. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  WOOD  (2809) 

AND 

CHARLOTTE  LOUISA  (DEAN)  BROOKS. 

3813.  Walter  Denison,  b.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  36, 

1S45  ;  m.  Florence  Eveline  Williams,  dau.  of 
Benj.  Webb  Williams,  of  Boston.  Walter  died 
in  Boston,  Apr.  5,  1877. 

3814.  John  Henry,  b.   June  30,  1848,  at   Detroit,  Mich.  ; 

m.  Lucretia  Gilbert,  dau.  of  Samuel  Gilbert,  of 
Boston,  Mass. 

3815.  Ella  Cora,   b.   Dec.    21,    1855,  at  Detroit,  Mich,  ; 

m.  Babson  S.  Ladd,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. 


CHILDREN  OF  WALTER  DENISON  (2813) 

AND 

FLORENCE  E.   (WILLIAMS)  BROOKS. 

2816.  John  Arthur,  b.  in  Milton,  Mass.,  Mar.  27,  1873. 

2817.  Walter  "Denison,  b.    in  Milton,  Mass.,  Nov.   4, 

1877. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  20I 

CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  HENRY  (2S14) 

AND 

LUCRETIA  (GILBERT)  BROOKS. 

2818.  John   Edwakd,  b.  Sept.  14,  1877,  "^  Milton,  Mass. 

2819.  Lawrence,  b.  Apr.  4,  1880,  in  Milton,  Mass. 

2820.  Charlotte   Louisa,   b.   May  2,  1883,    in   Milton, 

Mass. 


CHILD  OF  ELLA  CORA  (BROOKS)   (2815) 


0 

AND 


BABSON  S.  LADD. 

2821.  Paul   Dean   Ladd,   b.    in  Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.   16 
1880. 


21 


202  JONATHAN    WOOD 

KATHERINE  WOOD. 

Katherine  Wood  (2604),  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Kath- 
erine  (Gardner)  Wood,  b.  Oct.  22,  1766;  m.  Capt. 
Abram  Whitney,  Nov.  13,  1796;  d.  Apr.  7,  1802.  They 
had: 

2822.  Jonathan   Wood   Whitney,    b.    in  Stow,  Mass., 
Sept.  10,  1797- 

No  information  of  him  excepting  that  he  went  west 
when  a  young  man. 


MARY  WOOD. 

Mary  Wood  (2605),  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Katherine 
(Gardner)  Wood,  b.  Dec.  11,  1768;  m.  Amos  Brooks, 
May  2,  1797.     Had  : 

2S23.  Mary,  b.  March,  1800;  m.  Nathan  Brooks,  of  Bol- 
ton, Mass.,  about  i860;  d.  in  Stow,  Mass.,  June, 
1879. 

2824.  Catherine,  b.  Feb.,  iSoi  ;  d.  in  Stow,  1S78. 

2825.  Caleb;     went    to    Norfolk,    Va.,  when    a    young 

man  ;  married  and  died  there  a  few  years  later, 
leaving  a  widow  and  two  young  children  ;  the 
elclest  daughter  : 

2826.  Mary,  d.  in  her  girlhood. 

2827:  Lucretia  ;    m.   Johnson,    of  Norfolk,  Va., 

where  she  still  resides  (1885). 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  203 

CHARLOTTE   WOOD. 

Charlotte  Wood  (2606),  dau.  of  Jonathan  and 
Katherine  Gardner,  b.  Apr.  22,  1771  ;  m.  Dr.  Charles 
Whitman,  of  Stow,  Mass.,  1798.     Had: 

2901.  Charles,  b.  Aug.  7,  1800;  d.  Apr.  10,  1812. 
2903.  Elizabeth,   b.  Apr.  17,  1803;  m.  Edmund   Blood, 

of  Bolton  Mass.,  1834.     She  d.  Feb.  9,  1881. 
2903.  Christopher,    b.     1804;    m.    Nancy    Nichols,    of 

Barre,  Vt.  ;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 
3904.  Charlotte,   b.   Feb.    39,    1808;  d.  Apr.  17,  1S80; 

unmarried. 
2905.  Emma,   b.  Mar.  37,  1813;  m.  Benj.  F.  Hartwell,  of 

Groton,  Mass.     She  d.  Apr.  33,  1880. 


CHILDREN  OF  EDMUND 

AND 

ELIZABETH  (WHITMAN)   (3902)  BLOOD. 

2906.  Elizabeth  ;  unmarried. 

2907.  Susan  ;  m.  W.  C.  Allen,  of  N.  Y.     She  d.  1848. 

2908.  Charlotte;  m.  W.  C.  Allen,  in  1851. 

2909.  Ellen  M.  ;  m.  Frank   H.   Whittemore,  of  Arling- 

ton, Mass.,  1867,  and  had: 

2910.  Louis  Downing  Whittemore,  b.  1872. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHRISTOPHER  (3903) 

AND 

NANCY  (NICHOLS)  WHITMAN. 

291 1.  Charles;  unmarried. 

2912.  Nichols  ;  m.  and  has  four  daughters,  viz  : 

2913.  Lizzie. 

2914.  Hattie. 

2915.  Amelia. 

2916.  Emma. 


204  JONATHAN    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  BENJ.  F. 

AND 

EMMA  (WHITMAN)   (2905)  HARTWELL. 

2917.  Emma   C.    (Hartavei.l)    Kennedy,   of  Zanesville, 

O.,  b.  May  8,  1843. 

2918.  Benjamin    Hall     Hartwell,    M.   D.,    of   Ayer, 

Mass.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1845. 

2919.  Harris   C.    Hartwell,   of    Fitchburg,    Mass.     A 

prominent   lawyer;    b.    Dec.    28,    1847.     He   has 
one  son  : 

2920.  Norcross  N.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1880. 

2921.  Lottie  E.    (Hartwell)    Lathrop,   of    Hartford, 

Conn.,  b.  Aug.  8,  185 1. 


CHILDREN  OF  W.  C. 

AND 

CHARLOTTE  (BLOOD)   (2908)  ALLEN. 

2922.  Louis  Edmund  Allen  ;  graduate  of  Williams  Col- 

lege, 1874;  studied  medicine  in  Brooklyn  and 
Boston,  and  received  his  diploma  from  Harvard 
Medical  School ;   located  in  Boston,  Mass. 

2923.  Frederick  F.  Allen  ;  d.  1878. 
3924.  Charlotte  H.  Allen. 

2925.  Minnie  Allen. 

2926.  Effie  Allen  ;  d.  1881. 

2927.  Arthur  Allen. 

First  four   children  b.    in   New  York  City,  last   two  in 
Pittsfield,  Mass. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  205 

JOSEPH   WOOD. 

Joseph  Wood  (2607),  son  of  Jonathan  and  Katherine, 
b.  July  14,  1773  ;  m.  1798,  Betsy  Williams,  of  Stow, 
who  was  a  dau.  of  Robert  Williams  and  Lois  Wiley. 

Lois  Wiley's  mother  was,  before  her  marriage,  Miss 
Phebe  Bancroft,  and  was  a  descendant  of  the  Richard 
Bancroft  who  was  made  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  by 
King  James  L 

Joseph  Wood  had  a  portion  of  the  real  estate  of  his 
father,  Jonathan  Wood,  Esq.,  but  in  1808  removed  with 
his  family  to  Maine.      He  was  Captain,  Sheriff',  &c. 

A  man  of  intelligence  and  influence.  He  died  at 
Mobile,  Ala.,  at  the  age  of  47. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOSEPH 

AND 

BETSY  (WILLIAMS)  WOOD. 

2928.  Katherine  Louisa  Wood,  h.  Aug.  30,  1799. 

2929.  Elijah   Doubleday  Wood,   b.   Jan.    2,    1802  ;    d. 

May  13,  1802. 

2930.  Robert  Williams  Wood,  b.  Apr.  22,  1803. 

2931.  Joseph  Barber  Wood,  b.  Jan.  4,  1805  ;  d.  Jan.  2, 

1S07. 

2932.  Charlotte  Augusta  Wood,  b.  Oct.  3,  1807. 

Of  the  above  named  children  of  Joseph,  Katherine 
Louisa  (2928)  m.  Jotham  Babcock,  in  Augusta,  Me., 
Apr.  12,  1827.  He  was  b.  Apr.  27,  1795,  in  Augusta, 
Me.,  and   died  there  Nov.,  1857  ;  his  wife  d.  Sept.,  1866. 


2o6  JOSEPH    WOOD 


ROBERT  WILLIAMS  WOOD. 

Robert  Williams  Wood  (2930)  ;  graduated  at  Water- 
ville  College,  Me.,  1829  (now  Colby  University),  and  from 
the  Medical  school  of  Bowdoin  College,  1832  ;  sailed  from 
Boston  for  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  Oct.,  1838;  arrived 
April,  1839,  ^^^^  ^y  appointments  of  the  American  Consul 
was  ten  years  physician  of  the  Hospital  for  American  Sea- 
men, at  Honolulu,  1839  to  1849.  For  twenty  years  subse- 
quently was  engaged  in  the  growing  and  manufacture  of 
sugar,  a  pioneer,  and  the  first  financially  successful  one, 
in  the  introduction  of  this  industry  into  the  Hawaiian 
Islands.  He  retired  from  the  Islands  in  1866,  and  with- 
drew his  business  therefrom,  and  from  all  business  in 
1879,  Residence,  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  Mass.  He 
married  June  4,  1833,  Delia  Morse,  dau.  of  Samuel  A. 
Morse,  for  many  years  Collector  of  U.  S.  Customs  at 
Machias,  and  subsequently  at  Eastport,  Maine.  Second, 
married  Oct.  31,  1864,  Lucy  Jane  Davis,  dau.  of  the  late 
Charles  W.  Davis,  of  Concord,  Mass.  Her  mother  was 
a  Hunt ;  sister  of  the  late  Mrs.  Dr.  Edward  Jarvis,  of 
Dorchester,  Mass.  Davis  family  of  New  Ipswich. 
Remote  ancestor,  Dolor  Davis,  of  Cambridge,  1634. 

Charlotte  Augusta  Wood  (2932)  ;  m.  1834,  Capt. 
Wm.  Coffin  Little,  for  many  years- a  merchant  Captain  in 
the  trade  between  the  Hawaiian  Islands  and  the  South 
American  coast  and  China.  Wrecked  and  lost  at 
Mazatlan,  Mexico,  Nov.,  1838.  2d,  m.  William  Hooper, 
Aug.  17,  1839. 

William  Hooper  was  of  the  well  known  family  of 
Hoopers  of  Salem  and  Marblehead,  Mass.  He  was  the 
third  of  the  name  in  direct  descent  and  his  mother  was 
Miss  Sallie  Northey,  of  Salem.      He  died  in  187 1. 


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AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  207 

CHILDREN  OF  JOTHAM 

AND 

KATHERINE  LOUISA  (WOOD)  (293S)  BABCOCK. 

ALL  BORN   IN  AUGUSTA,   ME. 

2933.  Anna   Elizabeth,   b.   Mar.    10,    1828;  m.  George 

Sturrett,   Apr.    19,  1S49;  b.    at  Weld,  Me.,  June 
18,  1824. 

2934.  Delia  Augusta,  b.  Oct.  12,  1832. 

2935.  George  Augustus,  b.  June  9,  1834  ;  d.  in  N.  Y., 

June,  1877. 

2936.  Charles  William,  b.  June  i,  1839. 

2937.  Charlotte -Louisa,  b.  Dec.  23,  1S40. 


CHILD  OF  DR.  ROBERT  W.   (2930) 

AND 

LUCY  J.   (DAVIS)  WOOD. 
2938.  Robert  Williams  Wood,  Jr.,  b.  May  2,  1868. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLOTTE  A.   (WOOD)   (2932) 

BY    FIRST    HUSBAND, 

WILLIAM  C.  LITTLE. 

2939.  William  Coffin   Little,    b.    Jan.    15,    1836 ;  m. 

Sarah  Watkins  ;  residence  in  California. 

BY    SECOND    HUSBAND, 

WILLIAM  HOOPER. 

2940.  Edward  N.   Hooper,   b.   Mar.    10,   1842  ;  d.  Dec. 

31,  1878. 

2941.  Augusta  Wood  Hooper,  b.    May    10,    1844;  m. 

Pelham  W.  Ames. 

Mr.  Ames  is  a  son  of  Judge  Seth  Ames,  a  grandson  of 
Hon.  Fisher  Ames,  one  of  our  country's  early  orators  and 
statesmen,  and  a  great-grandson  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Ames, 
the   author  of  Ames'  Almanacs,  which  were  issued  from 


208  JOSEPH    WOOD. 

1726  to  1775,  and  were  the  forerunners  of  Thomas'  and 
the  Farmers'  Ahnanacs. 

The  family  residence  was  Dedham,  Mass. 

His  mother  was  Miss  Margaret  Bradford,  a  direct 
descendant  from  William  Bradford,  the  first  Governor  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  and  also  on  a  female  side,  of  John 
Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullen,  who  are  made  famous  by 
Longfellow's  "  Courtship  of  Miles  Standish." 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE 


ANNA  ELIZABETH  (BABCOCK)   (2933)  STARRETT. 

2943.  Frederick  Wood,  b.  in  Augusta, Me.,  Jan.  20,  1851. 

2943.  Mary  Katherine,  b.  in  Augusta,  Me.,  Jan.  9,  1853. 

2944.  Anna  Frances,  b.  in  Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  4,  1855. 
3945.  George  Babcock,  b.   in  Richmond,  Va.,  June  10, 

1857. 


CHILDREN  OF  WILLIAM  COFFIN  (3939) 

and 

SARAH  (WATKINS)  LITTLE. 

3946.  Helen  Watkins,  b.  June  S,  1866. 
2947.   William  Hooper,  b.  Apr.  29,  1868. 

3948.  Joseph  Moss,  b.  July  31,  1871. 

3949.  Caroline  Halsted,  b.  June  9,  1S73. 

3950.  Weare  Coffin,  b.  Nov.  35,  1878. 


CHILDREN  OF  PELHAM  W. 

and 

AUGUSTA  WOOD  (HOOPER)   (3941)  AMES. 

3951.  Abbie  B.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1867;  d.  Aug.  34,  1868. 
3953.  Gertrude  H.,  b.  June  39,  1868. 

3953.  WoRTHiNGTON,  b.  Mar.  16,  1871. 

3954.  Alice  B.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1873. 

3955.  Elizabeth  G.,  b,  June  13,  1877. 

3956.  Pelham  B.,  b.  July  10,  1S79. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  2O9 

ELIPHALET  WOOD. 

ELIPHALET  WOOD  (12)  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

Eliphalet  Wood,  the  tenth  and  youngest  child  of 
Jeremiah  and  Dorathy  Wood,  was  born  in  Littleton,  July 
19,  1729. 

His  father,  Jeremiah,  died  July  15,  1730,  and  his 
mother  became  his  guardian,  she  living  until  Eliphalet 
was  in  his  twenty-third  year.  He  settled  in  Harvard, 
Mass.,  upon  the  estate  afterwards  occupied  by  his  son, 
Jabez  Wood,  and  still  later  by  Emory  Wood,  son  of 
Jabez.  I  notice  in  the  records  other  lands  in  Boxboro, 
deeded  by  Eliphalet  to  Jabez,  a  son  by  his  first  wife, 
Abigail  (Child)  Wood.  Eliphalet  Wood  of  Littleton, 
m.  Abigail  Child  ;  marriage  recorded  in  Grafton,  Mass. 

Upon  his  gravestone  in  Harvard  Cemetery,  we  find  : 

"  Eliphalet  Wood. 

Erected  in  memory  of 
Mr.    Eliphalet   Wood 
who  died  Apr.  16,  1817. 
Aet.  87  years,  8  months  &  17  days. 

Death  is  a  debt  to  nature  due 
Which  I  have  paid  and  so  must  you" 

By  his  side  are  the  graves  of  his  wife  Abigail,  who  died 
Jan.  23,  1780,  in  the  48th  year  of  her  age,  and  second 
wife  Mary,  who  d.  Jan  15,  1829,  aged  86  years. 

Also  upon  a  gravestone  there : 

"  In  memory  of 

Miss    Lucy    Wood 

daughter  of 

Mr.  Eliphalet  and  Mrs.  Abigail  Wood, 

who  died  Nov.  5,  1800, 

aged  32  years  4  m.  &  11  ds." 

Eliphalet's  dau.  Molly  was  born  June  19,  1763. 

23 


2IO  ELIPHALET    WOOD 

I  have  heard  there  was  a  son  Jesse,  but  have  no  record 
of  him. 

Jabez  was  baptized  June  4,  1775,  in  Harvard,  Mass., 
and  a  daughter  was  baptized  Apr.  20,  1788.  Jabez  Wood 
died  March  16,  1850,  in  his  75th  year.  Nabby,  his  wife, 
died  June  8,  1865,  at  the  age  of  86  years,  5  months. 

They  had  ten  children  ;  none  living  but  Asa,  in  1885. 


CHILDREN  OF  JABEZ  (2959) 

AND 

NABBY  WOOD. 

2961.  Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  22,  i799- 

2962.  Mary,  b.  June  10,  1801. 

2963.  Emory,  b.  June  28,  1803. 

2964.  Lucy,  b.  July  27,  1805. 

2965.  Flavel,  b.  Dec.  28,  1807. 

2966.  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  23,  1810. 

2967.  Lydia,  b.  Nov.  12,  1812. 

2968.  Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  2,  1815. 

2969.  Jabez,  b.  June  10,  1818. 

2970.  Asa,  b.  . 

Of  the  above  named  children,  Benjamin  Wood  (2961), 
Aug.  22,  1799,  m.  and  had: 

2971.  Lewis  ;  m. Nutting  of  Groton.    No  children. 

2972.  Abby  ;  d.  unmarried. 


Mary  Wood  (2962),  b.  June  10,  1801  ;  m.  Wm.  Tay- 
lor of  Harvard,  Mass.  Had  children  b.  in  Harvard, 
Mass: 

2973.  Samuel;    m.  Emeline ;  2nd   Emily ; 

3rd .     Had  by  ist  wife,  Jane,   Lizzie  and 

Henry. 

2974.  Mary  Ann,  b.  in  Harvard  July  9,  1824;  m.  Barney 

Phelps  of  Lancaster,  Mass.  ;  he  was  b.  in  Milton, 
Mass.,  Mar.  28,  1819;  and  d.  Nov.  4,  1S80. 

2975.  Jane;  d.  young;  unmarried. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  211 

2976.  John  Andrew;  m.  Sarah  Whitcomb,  of  Littleton; 
had  Edward,  b.  about  1855,  and  Warren,  b.  about 
1857;  res.  Hudson,  Mass. 


CHILDREN  OF  MARY  ANN  (TAYLOR)   (2974) 

AND 

BARNEY  PHELPS. 

BIRTHS    ALL    IN    LANCASTER. 

2977.  Charles  Herbert,  b.  Jan.  26,  1852. 

297S.  M.  Etta,  b.  June  19,  1853;  m.  B.  Marshall  Pitts; 
res.  Fitchburg,  Mass.  ;  proprietor  of  Fitchburg 
Cotton  Mill.  Have  two  sons:  Hiram  W.  Pitts, 
b.  in  Leominster,  Mass.,  June  19,  187S.  Earl  P. 
Pitts,  b.  in  Leominster,  Oct.  11,  1879. 

2979.  Flora  Ann,  b.  Mar.  19,  1866. 


Emory  Wood  (2963),  b.  June  28,  1803  ;  m.  Maranda 
Raymond,  of  Littleton.  She  d.  Feb.  5,  1838,  aged  29 
years.  Emory  m.  2nd,  Mrs.  Mary  Rand,  of  Harvard, 
Mass.  ;  he  died  Nov.  11,  1868;  his  wife,  Mary,  d.  Mar. 
17,  1880. 

CHILDREN  OF  EMORY  (2963) 

AND 

MARANDA  (RAYMOND)  WOOD. 

2980.  Arvilla  a.,  b.   in   Harvard,   Sept.    15,    1S31  ;  m. 

James  Harrington,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

2981.  Rhoda  R.,  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  May  28,  1834  '  "^• 

Benjamin  L.  Heywood. 


CHILDREN  OF  ARVILLA  A.   (WOOD)  (2980) 

and 

JAMES  HARRINGTON. 

2982.  James  E.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1850,  in  Leominster;  m. 
Emma  M.  Whitney,  of  Templeton,  b.  Feb.  11, 
1855. 


212  ELIPHALET    WOOD 

2983.  Abbie    Arvilla,    b.   Oct.    7,   185 1  ;     m.    E.    Tyler 

Greenwood,  of  Marlboro,  N.  H.  He  was  in  the 
14th  regiment  N.  H.  Infantry  in  the  late  war ;  d. 
Nov.  II,  1876. 

2984.  Clara  A.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1853,  in  Leominster ;  m.  Wm. 

P.  Gay,  of  Gardiner,  Me. 
2984a.   Helen  F.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1855,  in  Fitchburg  ;   d. 

2985.  Emma  Frances,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Nov.  15,  1S56;  m. 

Frederick  G.  Rich,  b.  in  Phillipston,  April  11, 
1854. 

3986.  Henry  L.,  b.  Mar.  35,  1861,  in  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

3987.  George  H.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1863,  in  Fitchburg. 
298S.  Bertha  G.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1865,  in  Fitchburg. 
2989.   Mary  M.,  b.  June  2,  1869,  in  Fitchburg. 


CHILDREN  OF  RHODA  R.   (WOOD)   (3981) 


BENJAMIN  L.  HEY  WOOD. 

3990.  Hattie  A.,  h.  in  Sudbury,  Aug.  16,  1857;  m. 
Lawrin  H.  Pratt,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  Oct. 
28,  1846.     In  jewelry  business.     Have: 

Susie  L.,b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  Sept.  4,  1876. 

Alice  F.,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  Nov.  19,  1882  . 

Sidney  A.,   b.    Oct.    15,    1859,    "^  Winchendon  ;  d. 

Aug.  8,  1S61. 
Susie  E.,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Dec.  20,  1S63  ;  d.    Sept. 

16,  1876. 
Sidney  L.,   b.    in  Sterling,  June  5,  1865  ;  d.  Apr., 
1S74. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  E.   (3982) 

AND 

EMMA  M.  (WHITNEY)  HARRINGTON. 

2991.  Eddie  Emory,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  June  29,  187: 

2992.  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  28,  1876,  in  Akron,  O. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  213 

CHILDREN  OF  ABBIE  A.   (HARRINGTON)   (2983) 

AND 

E.  TYLER  GREENWOOD. 

2993.  Grace,  b.  in  Akron,  O.,  July  20,  1870. 

2994.  Gertrude  Louisa,  b.  in  Akron,  O.,  Feb.  11,  1873. 


CHILDREN  OF  CLARA  A.   (HARRINGTON)   (29S4) 

AND 

WILLIAM  P.  GAY. 

2994^;.  William   P.,  h.   in  Fitchburg,  Apr.   2,    1S74;  d. 
Nov.  20,  1S77. 

2995.  Helen  Frances,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Nov.,  1878. 

2996.  Martha  Perkins,  b.  in  Boston,  1879. 

2997.  Richard,  b.  in  Boston,  Dec,  1880. 

2998.  Elenor  p.,  b.  in  Boston,  July,  1882. 

2999.  Rosco,  b.  in  Boston,  June  9,  18S4. 


CHILD  OF  EMMA  F.   (HARRINGTON)    (2985) 

and 

FREDERICK  G.   RICH. 

3000.  Hattie  a.  F.,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Oct.  26,  1875. 


Lucy  Wood  (2964),  b,  July  27,  1805;  m.  and  had 
three  children,  Abigail  Tuttle,  Lucy  A.,  and  Gloria  Ann. 

Flavel  Wood  (2965),  b.  Dec.  28,  1807. 

Abigail  Wood  (2966),  b.  Aug.  23,  1810 ;  m.  Sylvester 
Pierce,   of   Leominster,   Mass.  ;    both   dead.      Had   four 

children,  viz:    Albert  Pierce,  m.   Wilder,   d.,   of 

Leominster;  Geo.  S.,  m.  dau.  of  Frank  Balch  ;  Martha, 
m.  Adin  Rice,  one  son  living  ;  Mary  Jane,  d.,  m.  Charles 
D.  Wilder,  of  Leominster. 

Lydia  Wood  (2967),  b.  Nov.  12,  1812  ;  m.  Arunia 
V  Hall ;  both  d.  ;  had  Adeline  F.  Hall,  who  was  twice  m. 
and  had  children. 


214  ELIPHALET    WOOD    AND    DESCENDANTS. 

Jonathan  Wood  (2968),  b.  Oct.  2,  1815  ;  m.  Caroline 
Worcester  ;  had  five  children  :  Albert  Wood  ;  Maria,  d.  ; 
Fanny,  d.  Jan.  7,  i860,  aged  i  yr.,  24da.  ;  and  two  other 
children. 

Jabez  Wood  (2969),  b.  June  10,  1818  ;  m.  Mrs.  W. 
Hay  den.     No  children. 

Asa  Wood,  of  Troy,  N.  H.  (2970)  ;  m.  Louise  Stone, 
of  Harvard,  Mass.  ;  had  Ellen  Wood  and  John  Wood. 

Late  in  1849,  Jabez  Wood,  Senior,  had  twenty-three 
grandchildren,  thirteen  great-grandchildren,  and  thirteen 
great-great-grandchildren. 

The  above  ends  the  records  of  the  Jeremiah  branch  so 
far  as  collected.  The  sons  of  Jeremiah  that  had  families, 
named  in  the  order  of  their  birth,  were  Joseph,  Bennet, 
John,  Jonathan  and  Eliphalet. 

The  eldest  son,  Joseph,  was  traced  to  descendants  now 
living  before  the  second  son  Bennet  was  introduced,  and 
so  on  until  the  descendants  of  Eliphalet,  the  youngest, 
closes  the  Jeremiah  branch  of  "  The  Wood  Brothers 
Genealogy." 


PART   SECOND. 


CAPT.  JOHN  WOOD. 

John  Wood,  brother  of  Jeremiah  Wood,  married  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  Buckminster  of  Framing- 
ham,  Massachusetts. 

The  following  is  from  the  Town  Records  of  Framing- 
ham  : 

"  Married,  March  3,  1704-5,  JOHN  \A^OOD 
and  ELIZABETH  BUCKMINSTER,  both  of 
this  town." 

The  great-grandfather  of  Elizabeth  (Buckminster) 
Wood,  Thomas  Buckmaster,  or  Buckminster,  came  to 
Boston  in  1640,  from  England,  and  is  named  in  the 
colonial  records  of  that  year.  He  was  made  freeman, 
May  6,  1646.  He  was  the  owner  of  lands  at  Muddy 
River,  now  Brookline,  Mass.,  where  he  lived.  He  died 
there  Sept.  20  (Boston  records  say  28),  1656.  He  left 
nine  children.  In  his  will  he  refers  to  Joseph  as  one  of 
his  youngest  sons. 

His  widow,  Johanna,  married  Sept.  i,  1661,  Edward 
Garfield,  of  Watertown  ;  died  in  1676. 

The  grandfather  of  Elizabeth  (Buckminster)  Wood 
was  Joseph  Buckminster,  and  was  the  first  of  that 
Christian  name  in  this  country. 

He  seems  to  have  succeeded  his  father  and  lived  on  the 
farm  at  Brookline. 

He  married  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Hugh  and  Elizabeth 
Clark,  of  Watertown,  in  1665.  She  was  born  Jan.  31, 
1648.  They  had  two  children;  Joseph,  born  July  31, 
23 


2l8  CAPT.    JOHN    WOOD 

1666 ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  Nov.  10,  1668.  The  father 
died  in  1668. 

His  widow  died  in  Roxbury ;  her  remains  were  carried 
by  her  son  to  Framingham,  and  deposited  in  the  family 
tomb  there,  in  Church  Hill  cemetery,  where  interments  of 
some  of  the  family  are  still  continued. 

Joseph  Buckminster,  second  of  the  name,  married  May 
12,  1686,  Martha  Sharpe,  of  Muddy  River,  now  Brook- 
line,  Mass. 

They  were  the  parents  of  Elizabeth  (Buckminster) 
Wood,  wife  of  John  Wood. 

Her  father,  Joseph  Buckminster,  was  a  proprietor  of 
land,  and  a  pioneer  in  settling  Framingham,  where  his 
name  is  first  mentioned  in  1693. 

He  took  an  important  part  in  the  establishment  and 
administration  of  affairs  in  the  place.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Roxbury  Church,  1684.  ^^  deeds  dated  1702,  he 
conveys  as  of  Muddy  River  (Brookline).  He  trans- 
ferred by  letter  his  relations  to  the  church  at  Framingham, 
Jan.  5,  1718.  'His  oldest  child,  Elizabeth,  married  John 
Wood  in  Framingham,  March  3,  1705. 

The  precise  date  of  his  removal  to  Framingham  is 
unknown.  The  deed,  conveying  almost  the  entire  estate 
of  Gov.  Thomas  Danforth  to  Joseph  Buckminster,  bears 
date  of  March  25,  1699,  is  on  record  among  the  Middlesex 
deeds.  He  settled  and  improved  "  the  famous  Brinley 
Farm,"  sold  to  Francis  Brinley,  Esq.,  of  Roxbury,  Feb.  i, 
1792,  for  the  sum  of  £8600  in  bills  of  public  credit ; 
hence  the  name.  His  estate  in  the  town  was  large,  his 
title  to  which  involved  him  in  protracted  lawsuits,  which 
continued  after  his  death. 

He  married  (2nd),  Feb.  7,  1716,  Martha  Dall,  of 
Boston,  who  died  Feb.,  1725. 

He  was  seventeen  years  Selectman,  twelve  years  Rep- 
resentative to  the  General  Court,  and  many  years  Justice 
of  the  Peace. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  219 

He  held  several  military  commissions  ;  commanded  a 
company  of  Grenadiers  in  Sir  Charles  Holley's  regiment 
in  the  expedition  to  Port  Royal,  Sept.,  1710;  subsequently 
had  the  command  of  a  colonial  regiment  of  militia. 

Tradition  describes  him  as  being  tall  and  athletic,  of 
great  physical  power,  and  of  a  resolute  will. 

By  his  first  wife,  Martha  Sharpe,  he  had  eight  children. 
(None  by  his  second  wife.)     Had  : 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  1687  ;  married  March  3,  1705,  to 
John  Wood,  of  Framingham,  as  per  town  records ;  after- 
wards settled  at  what  is  now  Woodville,  in  the  town  of 
Hopkinton,  Mass.,  where  descendants  now  reside.  He 
died  in  Aug.,  1725.  His  widow  married  May  6,  1728, 
Josiah  Rice,  of  Framingham;  he  died  in  1745,  and 
Elizabeth  died  several  years  later. 

2.  Johanna  Buckminster,  second  child  of  Joseph  and 
Martha  (Sharpe),  b.  1690;  m.  June  23,  1712,  John  Eames,  son 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Eames)  Eames ;  had  ten  children. 
2d,  she  m.  Mar.  19,  1740,  John  Butler  of  Framingham. 

3.  Martha,  b.  1693;  m.  Ebenezer  Winchester,  of  Fram- 
ingham, Feb.  13,  1718;  had  seven  children.  Ebenezer  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College,  1744;  was  a  physician.  The  father 
died  1744.  His  widow  m.  Nov.  i,  1749,  Rev.  James  Bridg- 
ham,  of  Brimfield. 

4.  Joseph,  third  of  the  name,  b.  1697,  brother  of  Eliza- 
beth (Buckminster)  Wood;  m.  Sarah  Lawson,  June  18,  1718; 
she  d.  Sept.  11,  1747. 

He  m.  (2d),  widow  Hannah  Kigell ;  she  d.  Oct.  25,  1776. 
He  owned  a  large  estate  in  Framingham  ;  held  several  commis- 
sions ;  was  Colonel  about  1 738 ;  was  twenty-eight  years  a 
Selectman  ;  more  than  thirty  years  Town  Clerk  ;  more  tlian 
twenty  years  a  Representative  at  the  General  Court.  He  died 
at  the  age  of  83  years,  after  a  long  life  of  public  service  and 
personal  wortli.  He  had  Joseph,  b.  March  i,  1720;  he  was  the 
4th  Joseph  Buckminster,  in  direct  succession,  and  the  first 
to  enter  the  ministry;  graduated  at  Harvard   College,  i739i  ^"d 


2  20  CAPT.    JOHN    WOOD 

was  pastor  at  Rutland  more  than  fifty  years.  Rev.  Joseph's 
son  Joseph  was  b.  Oct.  3,  1751  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College, 
T770;  settled  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  ;  was  a  Doctor  of  Divinity. 
Dr.  Joseph's  son,  Joseph  Stevens  Buckminster,  b.  May  26, 
17S4;  grad.  iSoo;  was  ordained  over  the  Brattle  vStreet 
Church  in  Boston,  Jan.  30,  1S05,  not  21  years  old.  His  father. 
Dr.  Buckminster,  preached  the  sermon.  He  died  their  pastor, 
June  9,  1812. 

James  Freeman  Clarke,  D.  D.,  of  Boston,  is  also  a  descend- 
ant of  Col.  Joseph  Buckminster,  Jr.  ;  his  father.  Dr.  Samuel 
Clarke,  was  the  son  of  Martha  (Curtis)  Clarke,  who  was  the 
dan.  of  Martha  (Buckminster)  Curtis,  who  was  the  dau.  of  Col. 
Joseph  Buckminster,  Jr.  James  Freeman  Clarke  grad.  at 
Harvard  College  in  1S29.  His  grandmother  Clarke,  after  the 
death  of  her  husband,  Samuel  Clarke,  married  James  Freeman, 
for  whom  James  Freeman  Clarke  was  named  ;  grad.  at  Harvard 
College  in  1777,  D.  D.,  181 1;  ordained  over  King's  Chapel, 
Boston,  1785;  was  minister  there  nearly  fifty  years.  Col. 
Joseph,  Jr.'s  granddaughter  and  dau.  of  Martha  (Buckminster) 
Curtis,  Anna  Curtis,  b.  Sept.  18,  1753,  m.  May  14,  1782,  Rev. 
Jonathan  Homer,  b.  in  Boston,  1759  ;  grad.  at  Harvard  College, 
1777,  D.  D.  ;  pastor  of  ist  Newton  Church,  sixty  years. 

Anne  Buckminster,  b.  Dec.  3,  1728,  dau.  of  Col.  Joseph, 
Jr.;  m.  Sept.  11,  1751,  Rev.  Abraham  Williams,  of  Sandwich. 
He  was  son  of  Abraham  Williams,  of  Marlboro',  who  m.  a 
dau.  of  Rev.  Robert  Breck,  of  M.  ;  was  b.  March  2,  1727  ;  grad. 
Harvard  College,  1744;  ordained  at  Sandwich,  June  14,  1749. 
He  died  Aug.  12,  1784,  aged  58.  His  widow  died  Aug.  22, 
1810;  she  was  a  remarkable  woman,  of  great  originality  and 
strength  of  mind.  They  had  ten  children  ;  the  eldest,  Sarah, 
b.  Sept.  5,  1752;  m.  Oct.  31,  1771,  Rev.  Timothy  Fuller,  of 
Princeton.  Their  eldest  son  was  Hon.  Timothy  Fuller,  father 
of  Sarah  Margaret  Fuller,  late  Countess  Ossili,  and  Rev.  Arthur 
Buckminster  Fuller,  Harvard  College,  1843,  who  was  a  Chap- 
lain in  the  late  Rebellion  and  killed  at  Fredericksburg. 

William  Buckminster,  b.  Dec.  15,  1736,  was  son  of  Col. 
Joseph,  Jr.  ;  he  m.  Martha  Barnes,  dau.  of  Edward  and  Grace 
(Newton)  Barnes,  of  Marlboro'.  Their  children  were  :  Wil- 
liam, John,  Martha,    and  Barnes.     He   settled   in   Barre.     He 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  221 

commanded  the  minute-men  raised  in  Barre,  and  immediately 
marched  his  companj'  to  Cambridge,  after  the  first  blood  was 
shed  at  Lexington.  Was  on  the  field  the  whole  day  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Bunker  Hill,  and  was  wounded  in  the  right  shoulder  as 
they  were  retreating ;  although  thus  dangerously  wounded,  he 
continued  in  the  army  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  suffered 
from  that  wound  all  his  life  ;  he  was  a  man  of  inflexible  integ- 
rity and  spotless  character.     He  died  in  Barre,  June  23,  1786, 

Frances,  b.  Nov.  23,  1738;  m.  Col.  Jonathan  Brewer,  of 
Framingham,  b.  Feb.  23,  1726.  He  was  in  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill  ;  was  wounded  in  the  arm  ;  died  in  1784. 

Lawson  Buckminster,  b.  Apr.  19,  1742;  m.  May  4,  1769, 
Mary  Jones,  b,  June  19,  1750;  dau.  of  Col.  John  and  Mary 
(Mellen)  Jones,  of  Hopkinton.  Maj.  Buckminster  served  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  was  Lieut,  under  Capt.  Winch, 
at  White  Plains.  He  was  Town  Clerk  twenty-five  years ; 
Treasurer  several  years.  He  inherited  three  hundred  acres  of 
land  from  his  father's  estate,  where  he  built  a  house  before  his 
marriage ;  died  there  at  the  age  of  89  years,  10  months,  Feb. 
26,  1832.  His  wife  d.  Sept  17,  1842,  aged  92  years  and  3 
months.  Had  thirteen  children,  viz  :  Sally,  Betsey,  John, 
Ruth,  Lawson,  Nancy,  William,  Jones,  Maria,  Caroline, 
Fanny,  Harriot,  Elizabeth. 

Mrs.  Ann  Maria  Buckminster  Stevens,  dau.  of  Lawson,  of 
the  children  just  named,  resides  in  Philadelphia.  Her  husband 
is  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Philosophy  in  Girard  College. 

Mrs.  Lydia  H.  Buckminster,  second  wife  of  William  Buck- 
minster, of  the  above  children,  resides  in  West  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  and  has  contributed  much  to  the  Buckminster  portion  of 
this  record.  She  was  born  Nov.  26,  1818.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Lydia  Nelson  Hastings,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Nancy 
(Adams)  Hastings,  of  Brighton  (now  a  part  of  Boston,  Mass.) 
Her  husband,  William  Buckminster,  entered  Harvard  College  in 
the  class  of  1809,  but  did  not  graduate,  as  "  the  great  rebellion" 
occurred  in  1807,  and  he  took  part,  as  he  thought,  with  the 
oppressed  and  left  college,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  in 
181 1  to  the  Middlesex  bar,  and  continued  in  the  practice  until 
1839  ;  he  then  became  one  of  the  proprietors  and  sole  editor  of 
the  Boston  Cultivator.     In  1841  he  established  an  agricultural 


222  CAPT.    JOHN    WOOD 

paper  in  Boston,  the  Massachusetts  Plonghman ;  was  the  only 
editor  about  four  years,  when  his  eldest  son,  Wm.  J.  Buck- 
minster,  of  Harvard  College,  1S35,  was  associated  with  him  ; 
(the  son  died  March  2,  1S78).  He  continued  this  connection 
until  1862,  when  he  retired  to  his  father's  homestead,  a  portion 
of  the  one  thousand  acres  originally  owned  by  his  ancestor. 
Col.  Joseph  Buckminster,  as  early  as  1693.  He  gave  some 
attention  to  inventing,  he  taking  patents  for  a  horse  rake,  a  corn 
planter,  a  mill  gate,  &c. 

He  died  June  9,  1865,  and  is  buried  near  the  Buckminster 
tomb  in  Framingham. 

His  daughter,  Mrs.  Ellen  Buckminster  Stone,  by  first  wife, 
Sally  Larrabee,  of  Maiden,  resides  in  Framingham. 

Thomas  Buckminster,  b.  Aug.  8,  1751  ;  m.  Hannah  Rice,  of 
Framingham,  dau.  of  David  and  Hannah  Winch  Rice.  She  d. 
July  I,  1793,  aged  42,  and  he  married  (2d),  Feb.  4,  i794? 
Kezia  (Perry)  Bacon,  widow  of  Wm.  Bacon,  and  dau.  of  Abel 
and  Kezia  (Morse)  Perry.  He  died  in  Framingham,  July  7, 
1826.      She  died  Feb.,  1S33  ;  had  thirteen  children. 

5.  Thomas  Buckminster,  son  of  Col.  Joseph,  and  brother 
of  Elizabeth  (Buckminster)  Wood,  b.  1699;  m.  March  i,  1722, 
Sarah  Baxter,  of  Medfield ;  had  ten  children ;  removed  to 
Bi-ookfield,  Mass. 

Her  sister,  Mary  Baxter,  m.  Rev.  John  Gardner,  whose 
daughter,  Katherine  Gardner,  m.  Jonathan  Wood,  of  Stow,  son 
of  Jeremiah,  thus  connecting  the  Buckminster  and  Baxter  fami- 
lies witli  both  the  Jeremiah  and  John  branches  of  the  Wood 
family. 

6.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Col.  Joseph  Buckminster,  b.  1702  ;m. 
June  23,  1720,  Dr.  Bezaleel  Rice,  of  Framingham,  son  of  David 
and  Hannah  (Walker)  Rice;  had  six  children.  (Dr.  Rice 
may  have  been  a  brother  of  Josiah  Rice,  secontl  husband  of 
Elizabeth  (Buckminster)   Wood). 

7.  SvBiLLA,  b.  1705;  m.  Jan.  24,  1728,  John  White,  of 
Framingham.      Had  five  children. 

8.  Zerviah,  b.  July  26,  1710;  m.  Dec.  19,  1729,  William 
Brintnal,  of  Framingham,  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Wil- 
lard)  Brintnal ;  Yale  College,  1721.     Was  a  teacher  in  Sudbury 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  223 

and  Rutland  several  years.  He  also  was  a  minister  ;  died  in 
1745  ;  interred  in  the  Buckminster  lot,  Framingham.  Had  five 
children. 

The  family  have  been  honored  in  its  descendants  in  every 
generation.  The  names  Thomas,  Joseph,  Law^son,  William, 
have  been  conspicuous  in  different  generations.  The  family — 
both  men  and  women — have  been  leaders  in  public  affairs  in 
their  own  sphere. 

Within  the  cemetery  at  Framingham,  Mass.,  is  a  very  large 
and  beautiful  family  yard  ;  an  iron  fence  sunounds  it  all.  In 
different  parts  are  representatives  of  the  later  generations. 

Also  the  following : 

"  Anno  Domini,  1771. 

Under  this  monument  lies 

Joseph  Buckminster,  Esq., 

aged  81  years. 

One  worthy  in  his  day." 

His  mother,  two  wives  and  many  of  his  descendants  are 
buried  there. 


DESCENDANTS 


OF 


CAPT.  JOHN  WOOD, 


AND 


ELIZABETH  (BUCKMINSTER), 


HIS  WIFE. 


"THE    WOOD    BROTHERS." 

Jeremiah,  born  1678;  married  1709;  died  1730. 
John;  married  1705;  died  1725- 


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CAPT.  JOHN  WOOD. 

John  Wood,  brother  of  Jeremiah  Wood,  has  been 
traced  from  the  date  of  his  marriage  with  the  oldest 
daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  Buckminster,  of  Framingham, 

Mass. 

The  following  is  from  the  Town  Records  of  Framing- 
ham  : 

CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  (3001) 

AND 

ELIZABETH   (3003)   (BUCKMINSTER)  WOOD. 

3003.  John  Wood,  b.  July  24,  1707- 

3004.  Mary  Wood,  b.  Aug.  4,  1709. 

3005.  Elizabeth   Wood,  b.  March  3,  1712;  d.  Apr.  13, 

1714. 

3006.  Benjamin  Wood,  b.  Apr.  15,  i7H- 

3007.  Elizabeth  Wood,  b.  Aug.  4,  1716. 

3008.  Thomas  Wood,  b.  Sept.  9,  17 19. 

3009.  Joseph  Wood,  b.  Aug.  3,  1722. 

3010.  Samuel  Wood,  birth  not  recorded   in  Framingham. 

Samuel's  birth  was  probably  recorded  in  Hopkinton,  as 
the  town  completed  its  organization  March  25,  1724,  less 
than  a  year  and  eight  months  after  the  birth  of  Joseph, 
and  the  father,  John  Wood,  was  elected  one  of  the  Select- 
men. Four  sons  and  one  daughter  were  married  in  Hop- 
kinton.    In  the  Church  Records,  May  21,  1723— 

"  Voted:  That  Mr.  John  Wood  and  John  How  take  care  that 
we  are  constandy  provided  with  a  minister  to  preach  with  us  on 
Sabbath  days." 


228  CAPT.    JOHN    WOOD 

John  Wood  was  also  one  of  the  fifteen  original  mem- 
bers of  the  church  there,  which  was  organized  Sept.  2, 
1724,  and  on  the  same  day  the  Rev,  Samuel  Barrett  was 
ordained  pastor. 

The  original  members  were  : 

Samuel  Barrett, 

William  Montgomery, 
*RoBERT  Hamilton, 
*Samuel  Wark, 
*Benjamin  Burnap, 

Robert  Cook, 
*Elnatiian  Allen — (See  Ward's  History  of 
Shrewsbury  concerning  Allen), 

John  Wood, 

Joseph  Haven, 

Robert  Huston, 

*WlLLIAM    DUNAGHOI, 

*Patrick  Hamilton, 
*Obadiah  Allen, 
Jacob  Gibbs. 

Those  marked  with  a  star  (*)  were  originally  from  the 
north  part  of  Ireland. 

This  indicates  that  the  brothers,  John  and  Jeremiah 
Wood,  were  not  from  Ireland.  The  tradition  is  that  they 
were  of  English  origin. 

There  is  a  deed  in  the  possession  of  Col.  Albert  Wood, 
of  Woodville,  Mass.,  and  on  record  at  Cambridge,  given 
Nov.  I,  1714,  by  "Joseph  Buckminster,  of  Framingham, 
to  Elnathan  Allen,  of  Sudbury,  in  the  aforesaid  County 
of  Middlesex,  yeoman,  and  John  Wood,  of  Framing- 
ham  aforesaid,  yeoman,  by  each  of  them  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds  thereof,  cScc,  containing  three  hundred  acres, 
situate,  lying  between  townships  of  Marlboro  and  Sher- 
born,  in  the  County  aforesaid,  which  said  Cedar  Swamp 
is  called,  or  known  by  the  name  of  White  Hall,  and  was, 
together  with   the  uplands  thereunto  belonging,  granted 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  229 

and  confirmed  unto  me,  the  said  Joseph  Buckminster,  by 
the  Honorable  General  Court  or  Assembly  of  the  above 
province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  at  their  session  begun 
and  held  in  Boston  in  the  month  of  May,  in  the  present 
year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  four- 
teen (as  by  Records  of  said  Court  may  more  fully  and  at 
large  appear),"  &c. 

Elnathan  Allen  and  John  Wood  also  purchased  of  the 
Daniels's  two  hundred  acres,  Sept.  12,  17 15,  and  also  of 
and  in  a  saw  mill  standing  on  a  part  of  the  farm  by  them 
purchased  of  Joseph  Buckminster,  Esq.,  called  White 
Hall,  all  of  which  premises  are  situate  in  Hopkinton. 
There  was  an  Indenture  of  Partition  of  their  estate 
between  Allen  and  Wood,  and  between  Wood  and  Allen, 
dated  Nov.  25,  1720.  John  Wood  died  in  Aug.,  1725. 
Elnathan  Allen  removed  to  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

"  An  inventory  of  all  goods  and  chattels  of  John  Wood, 
Gentleman,  deceased,"  was  prized  at  Hopkinton,  on  the 
14th  day  of  October,  1725,  by  Henry  Walker,  Joseph 
Haven,  and  Benjamin  Burnap,  which  amounted  to  863 
pounds,  6  shillings. 

The  settlement  of  the  estate  was  long  delayed.  It  was 
ordered  Registered  Jan.  27,  1734.  Entered  Lib.  20,  pp. 
201,  2,  3,  4. 

The  following  will  explain  the  manner  of  distribution  : 

"  CAMBRmoE,  Oct.  18,  1731. 

This  day,  upon  my  citation  appeared  John  Wood,  eldest 
son  of  the  deceased  within  named,  and  Daniel  Stone,  husband 
of  Mary,  one  of  the  deceased's  daughters,  as  also  Josiah  Rice, 
who  married  sd.  deceased's  Widow,  together  with  said  Widow, 
and  the  returns  of  the  Commissioners  within  named  being  read, 
it  appeared  that  the  greatest  part  of  the  deceased's  Land  after 
the  widow's  Thirds  were  set  off,  were  set  to  said  John,  and  he 
having  refused  to  accept  thereof,  and  the  same  being  offered  to 
said  vStone,  he  also  refused,  and  whereas  the  rest  of  the  children 
are  all  under  age,  I  direct  said  Commissioners  to   distribute  the 


230  CAPT.    JOHN    WOOD 

remaining  two-thirds  of  said  deceased's  estate  among  sd. 
deceased's  children  Viz  :  Two  shares  thereof  to  the  eldest  son, 
and  to  all  the  rest  one  Single  Share. 

JoN^  Remington, 

Judge  Pi^obate." 

Benj.  Burnap,  Henry  Walker,  Ebenezer  Lock,  of 
Hopkinton,  and  John  Gleazen  of  Framingham  were  the 
Commissioners. 

The  names  of  the  heirs  were  Elizabeth  Wood  alias 
Rice,  Widow's  thirds  ;  John,  eldest  son  ;  Daniel  Stone, 
husband  of  deceased's  child  Mary;  Benjamin,  Elizabeth, 
Thomas,  Joseph  and  Samuel. 

The  administration  account  was  dated  July  29,  1726, 
and  had  this  heading  : 

"The  account  of  Elizabeth  Wood,  Relict,  Widow  and 
administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Mr.  John  Wood,  late  of  Hopkin- 
ton, in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  deceased  Intestate." 

At  Cambridge,  Oct.  4,  1728,  Josiah  Rice  and  Elizabeth 
Wood  alias  Rice,  made  oath  to  it,  and  to  the  heading 
was  added  :  "  now  the  wife  of  Josiah  Rice,  of  Framing- 
ham  in  said  County,  Husbandman."  Rev.  Mr.  Swift 
reported  the  marriage,  but  it  is  recorded  "  May  6,  1728. 
Josiah  Rice  and  Elizabeth  Hood,  both  of  Framingham, 
were  married."  In  the  Report  of  the  apprizers  of  the 
estate  of  John  Wood,  it  is  written  "  Capt.  John  Whood," 
but  in  no  place  so  written  by  members  of  the  family.  In 
Rev.  Mr.  Parkman's  diary,  who  was  about  to  settle  at 
Westboro,  from  Watertown,  he  says  :  "  Returning  after 
I  had  secured  my  call,  I  stopped  at  Hopkinton  at  '  Mr. 
Whood's,'  where  I  fared  sumptuously  on  roast  goose, 
roast  pea-hen,  baked  stuffed  venison,  beef,  pork,  &c." 

After  dinner,  he  adds:  "we  smoked  a  pipe,  and  read 
Gov.  Shute's  'Memorial  to  the  King.'"  This  was  in 
1723,     He  probably  stopped  at  the  house  of  John  Wood, 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  23 1 

whom  he  heard  called  Mr.  Whood.  His  marriage,  in 
Framingham  in  1705,  is  recorded  unmistakably  John 
Wood.  The  Church  records  of  Frammgham  were  lost 
during  Mr.  Swift's  ministry.  A  little  private  journal  in 
the  form  of  a  Sabbath  diary,  kept  by  Mr.  Swift,  and 
extending  from  Dec.  30,  1716,  to  July  14,  1728,  which  the 
writer  has  seen,  is  credited  with  the  following:  "John 
Hood,  Fence  viewer,  1712,  dismissed  to  found  a  Church 
in  Hopkinton,  Aug.  30,  1724,"  and  was  probably  the 
Capt.  Hood  buried  in  Hopkinton,  Aug.  22,  1725.  There 
was  no  John  Hood  among  the  original  members  of  the 
Church  in  Hopkinton,  but  there  was  a  John  Wood. 

The  mistake  of  Mr.  Swift  was  very  likely  caused  by 
the  improper  pronunciation,  but  it  could  be  caused  by 
mistaking  a  W  for  an  H,  in  some  cases,  in  his  diary.  His 
error  has  been  copied  by  some  Genealogists.  There  are 
more  than  one  hundred  conveyances  of  land  in  the  index 
of  Hopkinton  and  Upton  lands  from  1743  to  1833,  by  the 
name  of  Wood,  but  not  one  by  the  name  of  Hood. 

The  will  of  Josiah  Rice  was  made  March  2,  1745  ;  was 
proved  Aug.  26,  i745- 

Extracts  from  Will. 

"  I  give  my  son-in-law,  Samuel  Wood,  one  piece  of  land, 
containing  about  twelve  acres,  be  more  or  less,  lying  near  the 
Mansion  House  of  Capt.  John  Wood,  late  of  Hopkinton, 
deceased,  bounded  "  &c. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  wife,  Elizabeth, 
all  the  remainder  of  my  estate,  Real  and  Personal,  wherever  it 
may  be  found,  to  be  held  and  enjoyed  by  her  and  her  heirs  for- 
ever." 

Item.  I  appoint  my  well  beloved  wife,  Elizabeth,  and  my 
son-in-law,  Joseph  Wood,  my  Executors. 

JOSIAH  RICE. 

Witnessed  by 

Samuel  Barrett  (Rev.), 
Ann  Barrett." 


232  CAPT.    JOHN    WOOD 

The  same  year  he  gave  one-third  part  of  his  Grist-Mill 
to  Joseph  Wood  for  five  shillings.  Other  gifts  may  have 
been  made.  Joseph  and  Samuel  were  the  youngest  and 
were  little  children  when  Josiah  Rice  became  their  step- 
father. 

John  Wood  (3003),  the  oldest  son;  m.  in  Hopkinton, 
Mary  How,  in  1727. 

Mary  Wood  (3004)  ;  m.  Daniel  Stone. 

Elizabeth  (3005)  ;  b.  Mar.  3,  1711-12  ;  d.  Apr.  13,  1714. 

Benjamin  Wood  (3006),  b.  Apr.  15,  1714;  m.  at  Hopkin- 
ton, Martha   Chamberlain,  1737;  had  John,  b.  Apr.  22, 

1739- 
Elizabeth   Wood    (3007),  b.  Aug.  4,  1716;  m.  Thomas 

Mellen;  d.  Feb.  25,  1775,  aged  58.     She   left   numerous 

descendants. 

Thomas  Wood  (3008),  b.  Sept.  9,  1719;  m.  at  Hopkin- 
ton, Mary  Taylor,  in  1740;  had  Thomas;  Samuel,  b. 
Dec.  21,  1746;  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  11,  1748;  John  and 
Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  30,  1751. 

Joseph  Wood  (3009),  b.  Aug.  3,  1722;  m.  Martha  Gib- 
son, 1742;  had  Joseph,  b.  Apr.  iS,  174S;  Hannah, 
b.  July  29,  1750;  William,  second  William  and  .Samuel, 
by  wife  Martha.  She  died,  aged  33,  in  1754  ;  by  second 
wife,  Mary  Goodwin,  Joseph  Wood  had  Polly  ;  William, 
b.  in  Hopkinton,  Oct.  23,  1760;  Samuel,  b.  1761  ; 
Nathaniel  Goodwin,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Aug.  4,  1764; 
John,  Sally,  Elizabeth  and  Martha. 

Samuel  Wood  (3010).  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Buckminster)  Wood,  and  the  one  to 
whom  was  willed  some  real  estate.  Mar.  2,  1745,  by  his 
step-father,  Josiah  Rice. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  233 

CAPT.  JOSEPH  WOOD. 

Col.  Albert  Wood,  of  Woodville,  Mass.,  in  a  brief 
sketch  of  his  ancestors,  says  of  his  grandfather,  "  Capt. 
Joseph  Wood  (3009),  a  man  of  good  character,  and  held 
important  offices  in  Hopkinton,  one  of  which  was  a  com- 
mission as  Captain  under  the  King  of  England."  He  died 
at  his  home  in  Hopkinton.  His  gravestone  now  stands 
in  the  old  burying-ground,  Hopkinton  Centre.  The  fol- 
lowing may  now  be  found  upon  his  gravestone  : 

"  Capt.  Joseph  Wood 
Died  Sept.  1785,  in  his  64^''  year." 

On  his  right  lies  Martha,  his  first  wife,  who  died  1754, 
aged  33,  and  three  sons ;  William,  aged  16  mo.  ;  and 
William  the  second,  aged  12  years;  Samuel,  aged  8 
years. 

On  the  left  lies  Polly,  the  daughter  by  his  second  wife, 
died  Apr.,  1776,  in  her  8th  year.  An  inscription  on  a 
small  stone  at  the  foot  reads  as  follows  :  "  Capt.  Joseph 
Wood  and  five  of  his  children." 

The  widow  of  Capt.  Joseph  remained  a  widow  for  some 
time  ;  married  John  Chamberlain,  of  Hopkinton.  John 
Chamberlain  died.  The  widow  remained  at  Hopkinton 
Centre  for  some  time,  then  removed  to  her  son's,  William 
Wood,  where  she  lived  a  part  of  the  time,  and  a  part 
with  her  daughter.  She  died  at  her  son  William's,  Feb. 
5,  1820,   and  was  buried  at  Flopkinton,  aged  85  years. 

The  request  for  administration  of  Capt.  Joseph's  estate, 
was  made  Oct.  7,  1785.  Joseph  Wood,  of  Grafton, 
Physician,  was  made  administrator.  Joseph,  the  eldest 
son,  asked  for  but  a  single  share.  William  was  to  have 
the  children's  share  of  the  estate  and  pay  to  his  brothers 
and  sisters,  viz :  Joseph,  Samuel,  Nathaniel  Goodwin, 
25 


234  CAPT.    JOSEPH    WOOD 

Hannah,  Martha,  Sally,  Elizabeth  and  John,  their  respec- 
tive shares. 

At  the  close  of  the  settlement  and  distribution  account 
of  said  estate,  by  the  Committee  appointed,  the  following 
certificate  and  signatures  are  found  in  the  Probate 
Records  : 

"This  may  certify  to  the  Honorable  Judge  of  Probate, 
that  the  subscribers  are  fully  satisfied  and  contented  with 
the  preceding. 

Mary  Chamberlain,  Samuel  Haven, 

Joseph    Wood,  Isaac  Haven, 

WilHam  Wood,  Sally  Wood, 

Samuel  Wood,  John  Newton, 

Nathaniel  G.  Wood,  Joseph  Wood,  Guardian 

for  John  Wood." 


DR.  JOSEPH   WOOD. 

I  quote  from  History  of  Grafton,  Mass. 

301 1.  Dr.  Joseph  Wood,  son  of  Capt.  Joseph,  b.  in  Hop- 
kinton,  April  18,  174S  ;   m.  Miriam  Collester. 

"  Dr.  Wood  was  born  in  that  part  of  Hopkinton  now 
known  by  the  name  of  Woodville. 

He  probably  removed  to  Grafton  soon  after  marriage. 
He  was  the  physician  of  the  town,  and  practiced  much  in 
the  adjoining  towns  and  villages. 

Besides  being  Doctor,  he  carried  on  an  extensive  farm 
and  store  in  which  he  sold  West  India  goods.  He  became 
quite  wealthy  and  was  much  respected.  His  residence 
was  situated  on  the  west  side  of  the  common.  Was  sev- 
eral years  Justice  of  the  Peace.  A  man  of  decided 
character,  strong  convictions  of  what  he  thought  was 
right,  and  liberal  in  his  religious  and  political  views.     He 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  235 

held  important  town  offices  and  was  often  Representative 
to  the  Legislature.     He  died  Oct.  13,  1820. 

CHILDREN. 

Miriam,  b.  Nov.  28,  1774;  d.  June  3,  1776. 
Miriam,  b.  Nov.  4,  1779;   m.   Reuben  Jenks 

and  Holt.       Removed  to  Royal- 

ston. 
Joseph,  b.  May  20,   1783;  m.  Phebe  Wood. 
CoLLESTER,    b.    May    30,    1786;    m.  Sarah 

Bowen  ;  2nd,  Eliza  Wood. 
Harry,  b.  Mar.  4,  1791  ;  m.  Sarah   Brown  ; 

d.  childless,  Aug.  4,  1838. 

Joseph  Wood,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph,  b.  May  20,  1783  ; 
m.  Phebe  Wood,  b.  May  19,  1785. 

CHILDREN  OF  JOSEPH  AND  PHEBE. 

Phebean,  b.  May  3,  1804;  m.  Has- 
kell. 

Adelia,  b.  Nov.  4,  1805  ;  d.  May  19,  1813. 

Joseph  S.,  b.  June  10,  1807  ;  went  west. 

Clarissa  E.,  b.  Nov. 19,  1809;  m.  George 
Bailey  ;  residence  W^orcester. 

William  F.,  b.  Sept.  27,  181 1  ;  m.  Emily 
Curtis. 

Leander  S.,  b.  June  5,  1814;  d.  Sept.  3, 
1839. 

Augustus  H.,  1:>.  July  13,  1816  ;  m.  and  went 
west. 

Luther  W.,  b.  Aug.   23,   1818;  m.  Eunice 

Gould. 

Collester  Wood,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph,  b.  May  30, 
1786  ;  m.  Sarah  Bowen  ;  2nd,  Eliza  Wood.  He  removed 
to  New  Boston,  Conn.,  and  died  there  Oct.  2,  1850. 

CHILDREN. 

I.     Charles   C,  b.  Jan.   4,    1810;    m.   Sarah  ,   and 

Harriet  Barnes  ;  removed  to  Dudley. 


236  CAPT.    JOSEPH    WOOD 

2.  Edwin  H..  b.  Dec.  6,  iSii  ;   m.  Caroline  Chase. 

3.  Albion  B.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1813  ;   m.  and  removed  to  Madi- 
son, Indiana, 

4.  Gilbert  H.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1816;  m.  Elizabeth  ,  and 

removed  to  Iowa.     Twins;   Sarah  C.  and  Susan  A.,  b.  Mar.  2, 
18x9;  both  died  young." 


HANNAH  WOOD. 

3012.  Hannah  Wood,  dau.  of  Capt.  Joseph,  was  born 
July  29,  1750,  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.  ;  m.  Samuel 
Haven,  of  Hopkinton,  (3ct.  11,  1770;  they  after- 
wards removed  to  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  where  she 
died  in  1807.  The  children  were  all  born  in  Hop- 
kinton : 

Samuel,  b.  May  20,  i773- 

Lawson,  b.  May  14,  1775  ;  d.  in  Shrews- 
bury ;  unmarried. 

Joseph,  b.  Dec.  27,  1776. 

Mary,  b.  Sept.  19,  1778  ;  m.  Harvey  Nolen, 
of  Boston,  Feb.  12,  1804. 

Fanny,  b.  Sept.,  1780;  m.  Col.Joseph  Val- 
entine, of  Hopkinton,  in  1799,  and  died 
in  1841.  Col.  Valentine  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Hopkinton. 

Moses,  b.  July  7,  1782. 

Nancy,  bap.  May  2,  1786  ;  m.  Caleb  Leland, 
Nov.  9,  1S05  ;  she  died  1810,  leaving  no 
issue. 

Hannah;  bap.  Jan.  18,  1789;  m.  James 
Hamilton,   of  Brookfield,  Oct.  27,  1805. 

Gilbert  Wood  Haven  ;  bap,  Nov.  29,  1795. 

Thomas  Bucklin  ;  bap.  in  Shrewsbury, 
Mass.,  1803. 

Samuel  Haven,  the  father  of  the  above,  was  born  Dec. 
9,  175 1  ;  he  was  son  of  Dea.  Moses  Haven,  of  Hopkin- 
ton, b.    1732,    who  was   son   of  Joseph,  b.  1689,  and  was 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  237 

ruling  elder  in  Hopkinton,  1731  and  afterwards,  whose 
father,  Moses,  was  a  deacon  in  Hopkinton,  b.  in  Lynn. 
1667,  whose  father,  Richard,  came  from  England,  1645. 

3013.  Samuel  Wood,   son  of   Capt.    Joseph,   located    in 

Grafton,  Mass.      (Records  further  on). 

3014.  Martha,   dau.   of  Capt.  Joseph   Wood  ;   m.   Isaac 

Haven. 

3015.  vSally,    dau.   of    Capt.  Joseph  ;    m.  Larned 

(probably  Aaron).  He  built  the  first  hotel  at 
Nahant ;  afterwards  removed  to  Lansingburg, 
N.  Y.,  and  died  there. 

3016.  Elizabeth,   another  dau.   of  Capt.  Joseph  Wood  ; 

m.  John  Newton. 

3017.  John   Wood,  son   of  Joseph,  was   married   and  had 

two   children,  —  a    son   and  a    daughter;  he   died 
about  1S09  or  10. 
301 S.  Nathaniel   Goodwin  Wood.      (Records  near  the 
close  of  the  book). 


238  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

MAJ.   WILLIAM   WOOD. 

3019.  Maj.  William  Wood,  of  Woodville,  Mass., 
was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Oct.  23,  1760;  was  in  the  War 
of  the  Revohition,  afterwards  married  Phebe  Goulding,  of 
Grafton,  Mass.,  Oct.  10,  1786.  They  had  thirteen  chil- 
dren. Maj.  WiUiam  had  the  homestead  of  his  father, 
Joseph  Wood,  which  was  a  portion  of  the  estate  of  his 
grandfather,  Capt.  John  Wood,  who  purchased  of  his 
father-in-law.  Col.  Joseph  Buckminster,  of  Framingham, 
Mass.,  in  1714.  A  Grist-mill  was  upon  this  farm.  Maj. 
William  Wood  built  a  carding  machine,  and  in  1810  sold 
his  water  power  and  some  other  lands  to  the  Hopkinton 
Manufacturing  Company,  for  the  purpose  of  building  a 
Cotton  Mill,  which  was  completed  in  1811  ;  he  having  an 
interest  in  it. 

William  Wood  was  an  honest  man,  and  filled  important 
offices  in  the  town  of  Hopkinton.  Was  elected  Captain 
of  the  West  company  in  Hopkinton,  and  was  afterwards 
elected  Major,  which  positions  he  filled  with  honor  to 
himself. 

He  taught  his  children  to  "be  up  and  doing  while 
the  day  lasts,"  and  impressed  upon  them  the  importance 
of  regarding  their  word  in  all  cases. 

He  died  in  Woodville,  May  6,  1832,  and  was  there 
entombed,  where  a  fine  granite  monument  is  erected  to 
the  memory  of  his  family  and  his  descendants. 

3020.  Phebe  (Goulding)  Wood,  wife  of  Maj.  William 
Wood,  was  born  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  May  22,  1767.  She 
was  truly  a  helpmeet  to  her  husband,  a  good  manager  in 
his  household  aflairs.  She  made  all  persons  comfortable 
who  called  at  her  house,  and  was  beloved  by  all  her 
children  and  others.  She  died  April  22,  1851,  and  was 
nearly  84  years  of  age.  She  maintained  her  faculties  up  to 
her  last  sickness.     Her  portrait  is  from  an  old  oil  painting. 


OOc 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  239 

The  Fall  before  her  death  she  called  a  meeting  ol"  her 
children,  an  account  of  which  was  published  in  the  news- 
papers of  the  day,  which  I  will  here  record  : 

"  A  Family  Meeting  of  the  Widow  and  Children  of 
the  late  William  Wood  was  held  in  the  old  Homestead  in 
Woodville,  Mass.,  Oct.  i6,  1850. 

"  Maj.  William  Wood,  the  husband  of  the  aged  widow, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  Revolution.  He  was  at 
Saratoga,  New  York,  and  at  Rhode  Island,  engaged  in 
active  service,  and  also  witnessed  the  scenes  of  Bunker 
Hill. 

"  After  the  war  was  over,  he  married  and  became  the 
father  of  a  large  family  of  children.  After  his  decease, 
his  widow  received  a  pension  from  his  country  for  service 
rendered  in  the  time  of  his  country's  need  and  peril. 

"  She  was  then  over  83  years  of  age,  and  the  remem- 
brance of  her  husband,  vivid  and  tender,  and  at  the  same 
time  her  love  for  her  children  quick  and  strong ;  wishing 
to  give  expression  to  her  love  of  the  deceased  husband 
and  the  surviving  children,  before  she  should  go  hence  to 
be  no  more,  she  summoned  sons  and  daughters  to  meet  at 
her  house.     They  were  obedient  children  and  came. 

"  The  eldest  a  woman  of  63  years,  the  youngest  a  man 
of  37  years,  and  were  present  in  all,  five  brothers  and  five 
sisters,  and  the  widow  of  a  deceased  brother, — eleven; 
these,  with  their  husbands,  wives,  children,  and  grand- 
children. 

"The  greetings  were  glad  and  hearty  as  they  came 
and  took  the  aged  mother  by  the  hand  and  spoke  of  the 
Heavenly  Father's  dealings  with  them.  The  hours  were 
very  short.  The  family  dinner  was  soon  spread  and 
partaken  of  with  the  interchange  of  sweet  and  tender 
remembrances  of  the  past,  in  which  the  name  of  the 
patriot  sire  was  often  pronounced. 

"As  the  day  drew  toward  a  close,  the  aged  Mother 
conducted  her  eleven  children  into  her  parlor  chamber. 


240  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

"  In  the  centre  of  the  room  stood  a  table  bearing  a  new 
silver  cup,  surrounded  by  a  circle  of  eleven  silver  cups  of 
like  fashion. 

"The  centre  cup  bore  the  name  of  the  mother  and 
deceased  father. 

"The  old  lady  then  stepped  forward  and  took  one 
from  the  eleven  and  presented  it  to  her  eldest  daughter, 
a  woman  of  62  years.     It  bore  the   following  inscription  : 

"  '  Given   to ,  by  Phebe  Wood,   as   a 

part  of  pension  received  for  services  rendered  in  the  U. 
S.  Army  by  her  father,  WiUiam  Wood,  in  1776.' 

"  She  received  the  cup  with  a  mother's  blessing  and 
retired  to  her  place. 

"  Then  the  next  born  came  forward  and  received  his 
cup  and  blessing,  and  so  all  in  the  order  of  their  age 
until  the  youngest  was  blessed  and  held  in  his  hand  the 
cup  bearing  his  own  name  and  that  of  his  father  and 
mother  surmounting  the  eagle  of  his  country. 

"  As  well  as  their  hearts  would  allow  they  sang  the 
beautiful  hymn  '  Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds.' 

"  All  hearts  in  that  family  circle  melted  and  all  eyes 
overflowed  in  deep  and  hallowed  affection. 

"  The  Word  of  God  was  then  read  and  after  mutual 
exhortation  and  encouragement,  they  all  bowed  together 
in  prayer  and  thanksgiving  to  the  God  of  their  mercies, 
their  fathers'  God,  the  God  of  the  widow  and  the  father- 
less.    It  was  a  sweet  and  heavenly  scene. 

"  After  singing  the  Christian  Doxology,  and  giving  the 
parting  hand  to  the  beloved  mother  and  to  each  other, 
they  separated  to  meet,  probably,  no  more  on  earth.  And 
in  the  homes  of  the  sons  and  daughters  may  now  be  seen 
the  cup  on  which  conjugal  and  maternal  love  and 
patriotism  have  engraven  their  joint  memorial. 

"  May  the  peace  of  God  rest  on  that  aged  widow,  and 
on  her  children  and  children's  children  to  the  latest 
genercition." 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  24I 

The  meeting  was  held  Oct.  i6,  1850.  An  anniversary 
meeting  was  held  the  next  year,  but  the  aged  mother  had 
passed  to  her  final  rest.  Her  youngest  son,  Samuel, 
moved  "  That  we  hold  a  Family  Meeting  of  the  children 
of  William  and  Phebe  Wood,  on  or  about  the  i6th  of 
October  of  each  year,  and  sustain  said  meetings  as  long 
as  two  of  the  brothers  or  sisters  are  permitted  to  live." 
Which  was  carried. 

Samuel  was  killed  the  following  Spring  by  being  caught 
in  the  machinery  of  his  factory,  but  the  meetings  have 
been  maintained,  —  thirty-three  meetings  up  to  the  present 
time. 

At  the  twenty-fourth  meeting,  seventy-four  descendants 
being  present,  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  grand- 
children to  sustain  these  meetings  after  the  parents  had 
passed  away. 

I  copy  from  the  Secretary's  report  of  the  thirty-third 
meeting : 

"WooDViLLE,  Mass.,  Oct.  16,  1884. 

"The  Thirty-third  Reunion  of  the  Descendants  of 
Maj.  William  and  Phebe  Wood  was  held  at  Reservoir 
House,  Thursday,  Oct.  16,  1884. 

"  Children  present  as  heads  of  families  : 

Mrs.  Albert  Wood. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Seaver. 

Mr.  Edward  J.  Coolidge. 

Grandchildren  present,  twenty-four. 
Great-grandchildren,  nineteen. 
Great-great-grandchildren,  two. 

"  Dinner  was  served  at  one  o'clock. 

"The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  3  o'clock  by  the 
President,  S.  Eugene  Wood. 

"  The  report  of  the  last  meeting  was  read  by  the  Sec- 
retary, Leroy  E.  Coolidge,  and  was  adopted. 
26 


242  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

"  L.  E.  Coolidge  was  chosen  Secretary  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

"  '  Voted:  S.  Eugene  Wood,  Frank  Wood  and  L.  E. 
CooHdge  be  a  Committee  to  attend  to  having  the  Portrait 
of  Phebe  Wood,  wife  of  William  Wood,  bound  in  the 
Genealogy  of  the  Wood  Family.' 

"Remarks  were  made  by  many  present.  Many  feel- 
ing tributes  were  spoken  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Miranda 
Corbett,  who  has  met  with  us  for  the  last  time  here, 
having  departed  this  life  Oct.  24,  1883. 

"  '  Voted:  to  meet  again  one  year  from  date  at  the  same 
place.'     The  meeting  closed  with  singing. 

"  Supper  was  served  at  six  o'clock.  A  social  time  fol- 
lowed, after  which  the  company  disbanded,  hoping  to 
meet  again  the  following  year." 


■  A  statement  is  drawn  from  the  records  of  the  thirty- 
three  meetings  of  the  above  family,  giving  the  number 
present  so  far  as  recorded. 


fEARS. 

No. 

of  children 
birth  or 

by 

No.             No.  Great 
Grandchildren   grandchil- 

marriage  present. 

present.       dren  present 

1850. 

II 

185I. 

20 

20 

1852. 

^7 

16 

1853- 

18 

16 

1854. 

19 

H 

1855- 

17 

many. 

1S56. 

15 

II 

1857. 

16 

12 

1858. 

15 

H 

1859. 

17 

18 

i860. 

15 

16 

1861. 

17 

20 

1862. 

13 

10 

No.  Great- 

jreat-grand- 

children 

present. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  243 

No.  of  children  by  No.             No.    Great-   No.  Great- 

Years.                 birth  or  Grandchildren     erandchil-    great-grand- 

marriage  present.  present.        dren  present. 

°    '  '                                ^                   present. 

1863.  17  Not  recorded. 

1864.  13  " 

1865.  15  " 

1866.  15  19 

1867.  15  Not  recorded. 
186S.                        13 

1869.  II  " 

1870.  12  " 

1871.  12  " 
1873.                        8 

1875.  9  (64  with  Great-grandchildren), 

1876.  9  34 

1877.  8  31 

1878.  10  33 

1879.  7  27 

1880.  9  16 

1881.  7  33 
1883,  6  24 
1883.^  5  29 
1884/        4  24 


Idren), 

I 

20 

0 

19 

0 

18 

0 

18 

0 

18 

I 

26 

.0 

15 

I 

19 

2 

19 

2 

FOURTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  WILLIAM  (3019) 

AND 

PHEBE  GOULDING  (3020)  WOOD. 

ALL  BORN  IN  HOPKINTON,  MASS. 

3021.  Polly  Wood,   b.   June  8,  1787;  m.  Oct.  13,  1S05, 

Henry  Morse  (3022)  ;  d.  Mar,  21  or  23,  1858. 

3022.  Henry  Morse,  b.   in  Westboro,  Mass.  ;  d.  Apr.  8, 

1828. 

3023.  Nancy  Wood,    b.    Dec.   31,   1788;    m.   James  H. 

Lewis  (3024)  ;  d.  Aug.  27,  1819. 


244  ^^]'    WILLIAM    WOOD 

3024.  James  H.  Lewis,  of  Marshfiekl,  Mass.  ;  d.  Dec.  7, 

1813.. 
3035.  Hannah    Wood,    b.    May    32,    1791  ;    m.    Eleazer 
Whitaker  (3026)  ;  d.  Dec,  22,  1871. 

3026.  Eleazer  Whitaker,  b.  in  Seekonk,  Mass.,  Oct.  19, 

17S9  ;  d.  Oct.  4,  1864,  aged  75  years. 

3027.  John   G.  Wood,  b.   Mar.   7,  1793  ;  m.  Elizabeth  C. 

Read    (3028)  ;    Rachel   Ann    Faxon    (3029)  ;     d. 
Aug.  4,  1 88 1,  in  his  89th  year. 

3028.  Elizabeth  C.  Read,  b.  in  Seekonk,  Mass.  ;  m.  Nov. 

16,  1815  ;   d.  Mar.  28,  1832. 

3029.  Rachel  Ann  Faxon,  of  Braintree,  Mass.  ;  m.  Oct. 

9,  1833  ;  d.  Sept.  22,  1872. 

3030.  Miranda   Wood,   b.    Dec.    6,    1794;    m.    Carleton 

Corbett  (3031)  ;  d.  Oct.  24,  1883. 

3031.  Carleton   Corbett,  b.  in    Hopkinton  ;   m.  May  i, 

1839;  ^^-  Feb.  29,  186S,  aged  86  years. 

3032.  Russell  Wood,   b.    Dec.  35,  1796;  m.  Sally  Hen- 

shaw  (3033)  ;  d.  Sept.  18,   1S45. 

3033.  Sally   Henshaw,   b.  in  Brookfield,  Mass.,  Apr.  3, 

1793;  d.  Aug.  14,  1857. 

3034.  Wm.    Bonaparte    Wood,   b.    Apr.    12,    1799;     ni. 

Sarah  B.  Underwood  (3035)  ;  d.  Jan.  14,  1880. 

3035.  vSarah   B.   Underwood,   of   Hopkinton  ;  m.   June 

16,  1822;  d.  Feb.  14,  1868. 

3036.  Albert  Wood,   b.   Aug.    18,    iSoi  ;   m.    Sophia  J. 

Corbett  (3037). 

3037.  Sophia   J.    Corbett,  b.  in  Hopkinton,   Mass.  ;    m. 

May  25,  1829. 

3038.  Joseph  Wood,  b.  Oct.  18,  1803  ;  m.  Phila  T.  Free- 

man (3039) ;  d.  Feb.  11,  1873. 

3039.  Phila  T.  Freeman,  b.  in  Mendon,  Mass.,  Feb.   12, 

1S09;  m.  Aug.  9,  1830;  d.  Jan.  23,  1882. 

3040.  Oilman  Wood,  b.  Jan.  i,  1806;  d.  Jan.  i,  181 1. 

3041.  Phebe  Ann  Wood,  b.  Feb.  4,  1808  ;  m.  Edward  J. 

Coolidge  (3042). 

3042.  Edward    J.  Coolidge,  b.  in  Livermore,  Me.,  Oct. 

8,  1820.' 

3043.  Martha    Haven   Wood,    b.    July    28,    1810;    m. 

Charles  Seaver  (3044). 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  245 

3044.  Charles  Seaver,  b.  in  Mansfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  17, 

rSo8;  m.  June  20,  1833. 

3045.  Samuel  Wood,  b.   Aug.    27,    1813 ;    m.   Sarah  A. 

Arnold  (3046)  ;  d.  Apr.  21,  1S53. 

3046.  Sarah   Amanda  Arnold,  b.    at   Coventry,    R.    I., 

July  27,  1818  ;  m.  Jan.  11,  1S43. 

Col.  Albert  Wood,  son  of  Maj.  Wm.  Wood,  was  born 
in  Hopkinton,  Aug.  i8,  1801.  He  remained  with  his 
father  until  May  i,  1823,  when  he  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  his  brother,  Wm.  B.  Wood.  They  continued 
in  the  cotton  business  for  nearly  twenty  years. 

They  built  one  stone  mill  and  sixteen  dwelling-houses. 
In  November,  1846,  the  company  sold  the  whole  of  the 
property  to  the  City  of  Boston,  in  connection  with  the 
Water  Works,  for  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  The 
Water  Power  was  bought  back  by  Col.  Albert  Wood  and 
others  in  1859.  ^^1.  Albert  built  several  dams,  and  alone, 
or  with  another,  built  more  than  eighty  houses.  Was  an 
active  business  man  for  many  years.  Was  Colonel  of  the 
Fourth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Militia  ;  held  promi- 
nent town  offices  for  several  years ;  was  twice  elected 
Representative  to  the  General  Court. 

He  has  contributed  largely  to  everything  that  would 
help  to  build  up  the  village  of  Woodville,  his  home,  which 
was  also  the  home  of  his  father,  his  grandfather,  and  his 
great-grandfather  Wood. 

Col.  Albert  Wood's  brothers,  John  G.  Wood  and  Col. 
Russell  Wood,  were  well  known  and  successful  Hotel 
keepers  for  many  years. 

Hon.  Joseph  Wood,  son  of  Major  William  and  Phebe 
(Goulding)  Wood,  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Oct. 
18,  1803.  His  portrait  is  found  at  the  beginning  of  Part 
n.  "  He  entered  a  cotton  factory  and  had  charge  of  one 
of  the  rooms  before  he  was  of  age  ;  afterwards  formed 
a  partnership  with  Stephen  Benedict,  and  commenced 
business  at  Central  Falls,   Rhode  Island,  in  183 1.     This 


246  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

establishment  was  long-  known  as  the  '  Benedict  and 
Wood  Mill.'  In  1847  Mr.  Wood  also  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  John  A.  Adams  and  his  own  brother, 
Samuel  Wood,  known  as  Wood,  Adams  &  Co.  ;  engaged 
in  manufacturing  cotton  thread.  The  company  was 
known  finally  as  the  Central  Falls  Thread  Co.  In  185 1, 
with  his  brother  Samuel,  he  purchased  the  Richards  Mill, 
and  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  &  S.  Wood,  engaged  in 
manufacturing  cotton  cloth.  This  firm  was  dissolved  by 
the  death  of  Samuel,  in  1853,  who  was  killed  by  being 
caught  in  the  machinery  in  the  mill. 

Samuel's  interest  being  sold  to  Mr.  John  A.  Adams,  the 
mill  was  run  by  Wood  and  Adams  until  1863,  when  it 
was  sold  to  the  Pawtucket  Haircloth  Company,  and 
Wood  &  Adams  became  connected  with  the  Stafford 
Manufacturing  Company,  Mr.  Wood  as  Treasurer.  In 
this  position  he  remained  till  his  death. 

A  man  of  great  integrity,  conscientiousness,  industry 
and  perseverance ;  he  acquired  a  large  estate  and  an 
enviable  reputation.  For  more  than  twenty-five  years  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school  of  his  church. 
Indeed,  no  good  cause  was  neglected  by  him,  and  his 
name  was  a  synonym  for  honor  in  all  business  circles. 
During  the  Rebellion  he  lent  his  voice,  strength,  and 
purse  to  the  nation. 

After  long  refusing  official  honors,  he  finally  consented, 
in  1872,  to  accept  the  nomination  of  Senator  from  Lin- 
coln, R.  I.,  and  was  imanifnously  elected  by  both  parties. 
He  adorned  the  State  Senate,  as  he  had  adorned  every 
other  circle  of  life.  Mr.  Wood  died  at  his  residence  in 
Central  Falls,  Feb.  10,  1873." — [Extracts  from  biographi- 
cal sketch  of  Joseph  Wood,  in  History  of  Rhode  Island.] 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  247 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  (3022) 

AND 

POLLY  WOOD  (3021)  MORSE. 

3047.  William   Henry,  b.   in  Westboro,  Apr.  13,  1806; 

m.  Hannah  Phipps  Gamage  (3048). 

3048.  Hannah  Phipps  Gamage,  of  Hopkinton,   b.  July 

24,  1810;  m.  xA-pr.  9,  1829. 

3049.  LovETT,  b.    in  Westboro,  Apr.  3,    1808;  m.    Sally 

Atherton    (3050)  ;  and  Widow  Elizabeth  Wilbar 
Hatch  (3051)  ;  d.  May  4,  1880. 

3050.  Sally  Atherton,  b.  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  Dec.  13, 

1800;  m.  Sept.  25,  1828;  d.  Aug.  7,  1S75. 

3051.  Widow   Elizabeth   Wilbar  Hatch,  b.  in  Taun- 

ton, Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1825  ;  m.  Apr.  12,  1876. 
3652.  Oilman  W.,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  Sept.  30,  1810; 
m.    Fanny   Atherton    (3053)  ;    and   Amoretta   I. 
Olcott  (3054). 

3053.  Fanny  Atherton,  b.  in  Mansfield,  1816  ;  m.  Sept. 

4,  1834;  d.  July  19,  1864. 

3054.  Amoretta   I.   Olcott,   b.   in  Sterling,   1833  5    "^* 

June  5,  1866  ;  d.  June  8,  1876. 

3055.  Mary  W.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Feb.  26,  1813  ;  m.  Col. 

Orestes   Forbush   (3056)  ;  Benjamin  F.   Forbush 

(3057)- 

3056.  Col.   Orestes  Forbush,  b.  in  Westboro,  July  18, 

1797;  m.  Aug.  II,  1834;  d.  June  21,   1846. 

3057.  Benjamin  F.  Forbush,  of  Westboro,  b.   1802  ;  d. 

July  9,  1876. 

3058.  Solomon   F.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Mass.,   Feb.  7,  1815  ; 

m.  Caroline  Hathaway  (3059)  ;  d.  July  9,  1867. 

3059.  Caroline  Hathaway. 

3060.  Benjamin    F.    Morse,   b.    in    Hopkinton,    Mass., 

March  25,  1819  ;  m. 

3061.  Katie ;  d.  1863.     Had  four  children. 


248  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD. 

CHILD  OF  JAMES  H.  (3024) 

AND 

NANCY  WOOD  (3023)  LEWIS. 

3062.  James  H.  Lewis,  Jr.,  b.  in  Marshfield,  Mass.  ;  d. 

(very  young)  Nov.  23,  1S13. 

CHILDREN  OF  ELEAZER  (3026) 

AND 

HANNAH  WOOD  (3025)  WHITAKER. 

3063.  Nancy   L.,  b.   in   Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Feb.  7,  1815  ; 

m.  Caleb  Jacobs  (3064). 

3064.  Caleb  Jacobs,  b.  in  Northbridge,  Mass. 

3065.  Mary  C.,  b.    in  Hopkinton,  June  4,  1S17;  m.  Wil- 

lard  Broad  (3066)  Nov.,  1S41. 

3066.  WiLLARD  Broad,  of  Natick,   Mass.,   b.    Mar.    25, 

1S14. 

3067.  Martha  Wood,  b.  Aug.  17,  1819,  in  Hopkinton. 
306S.   Sarah'  C,   b.    in    Hopkinton,   Jan.    21,    1S22  ;    m. 

William  Hayward  (3069),  May  30,  1S49. 

3069.  William  Hayward,  of  North  Reading,  b.  Feb.  20, 

1S16. 

3070.  William   Wood,  b.  in   Hopkinton,  Feb.  27,    1824; 

m.  Charlotte  Parker  ;  he  was  killed  on  a  railroad, 
Jan,  12,  1SS2. 

3071.  Charlotte  Parker. 

3072.  James    L.,    b.    in    Hopkinton,   Jan.    25,    1S26 ;    m. 

Martha  Rockwood  (3073),  Sept.  11,  1S49. 

3073.  Martha  Rockwood,  b.  in  New  York. 

3074.  Joseph  Wood,  b.  in   Hopkinton,  Sept.  5,  1S29  ;   m. 

Mary  E.  Winslow  (3075),  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  Oct. 
25,  1855.  He  is  paymaster,  Boston  &  Lowell 
R.  R. 

3075.  Mary   E.  Winslow,   dau.   of  Louis   R.  Winslow, 

Master  Mechanic  of  Boston  &  Lowell  R.  R.,  b. 
in  Lowell,  Mar.  31,  1833. 

3076.  Henry,   b.    in  Ashland,  Mass.,  Nov.    12,   1S32;  d. 

Jan.  21,  1837.. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  249 

CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  G.   (3027) 


AND 


ELIZABETH  C.  READ  (3028)  WOOD. 

3077.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  1S16;  d.  July  3,  1843. 

307S.  Charles    Austin  ;    m,    Caroline   E.    Wilson ;   res. 

Boston,  Mass. 
3079.  Caroline  E.  Wilson. 
30S0.  Mary  M.,  b.  1819;  d.  Feb.  13,  1837. 
3081.   Samuel  G.  ;  m.  Mary  A.  Piere  ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 
3083.  Mary  A.  Piere. 
3083.  Phebe  G.,  b.  Aug.,  1836;  d.  July  39,  1837. 


CHILD  OF  CARLETON  (3031) 

and 

MIRANDA  WOOD   (3030)  CORBETT. 

3084.  Mary  Miranda,  b.    in  Woodville,  Mass.,  Nov.  i, 

1840;  m.  Sereno  B.  Johnson  (3085). 

3085.  Sereno  B.  Johnson,  b.  in  Southboro,  Dec.  6,  1S43. 


CHILDREN  OF  RUSSELL  (3033) 

and 
SALLY  HENSHAW  (3033)  WOOD. 

3086.  Russell   Pembroke,  b.  in    Freetown,  Mass.,  Mar. 

38,    1834;    m.    Mary   Elizabeth    Bigelow    Wade 

(3087). 

3087.  Mary  E.  B.  Wade,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  35, 

1823  ;  m.  July  7,  1848. 

3088.  Bowers,  b.  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  July  35,  1836. 
'3089.  Ann    Frances,    b.    in   Taunton,    Mass.,    Nov.   38, 

1828  ;  m.  Robert  Henry  Peckham  (3090). 

3090.  Robert  Henry  Peckham,  b.  in  Stonington,  Conn., 

Feb.  26,  1822. 

3091.  Baylies,   b.   in  Weston,  Mass.,  Apr.  18,  1831  ;  m. 

Malinda  Hutchinson  (3092),  Apr.  16,  1857. 

3092.  Malinda  Hutchinson,  b.  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  Nov. 

16,  1836;  d.  March  17,  1875. 
27 


250  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

DESCENDANTS   OF  WILLIAM  B.   (3034) 

AND 

SARAH  B.  UNDERWOOD  (3035)  WOOD. 

THEY  HAD  : 

3093.  Charles  Parkman. 

3094.  Brick  Parkman. 

3095.  Daniel   Underwood.    ^  died  young. 

3096.  Charles  Parkman. 

3097.  Martha  Ann. 
309S.  William  Lewis  Wood,  b.  Oct.  19,  1S24,  in  Wood- 

ville,  Mass.  ;  m.  Sula  A.  Carter  (3099). 

3099.  SuLA  A.  Carter,  b.  in  Templeton,  Mass.,  Mar.  28, 

1831. 

3100.  John  Goulding  Wood,  b.  in  Woodville,  Mass.,  Mar. 

28,  1834  ;  m.  Janette  Wood  (3101)  ;  d.  Dec,  1879. 

3101.  Janette  Wood,   dau.   of   Robert  Wood,  of  Hop- 

kinton. 

3102.  Sarah  Ann  Wood,  b.  in  Woodville,  Mass.,  May 

16,  1843  ;  m.  Leander  A.  Collins  (3103)  ;  she  d. 
June  14,  1885. 

3103.  Leander  A.  Collins. 

3104.  Susan  B.  Wood  ;  d.  aged  23  years. 


3105.  Emma,  dau.  of  Wm.  Lewis  Wood,  b.  Dec.  17,  1853  ; 

d.  Apr.  8,  1859. 

3106.  Cora,  dau.  of  L.  A.  Collins,  b.  June,  1873. 

3107.  Viola  R.  A.,  dau.  of  John  G.  Wood,  b.   Mar.   26, 

1 86 1  ;  m.  Wendell  E.  Belknap  (3108)  ;  have  dau. 
Ella,  b.  1883. 

3108.  Wendell  E.  Belknap,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Mass. 


CHILDREN  OF  ALBERT  (3036) 

and 

SOPHIA  J.  CORBETT  (3037)  WOOD. 

ALL  born  in  woodville,   MASS. 

3109.  Augusta,  b.  Feb.  22,  1830;  m.    Henry  N.   Comey 
(3"o). 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  25 1 

31 10.  Henry   N.    Comey,   b.    in   Hopkinton,   Mass.;    m. 

Oct.  16,  1866. 

31 1 1.  Granby  Wood,  b.   May  36,    1S31  ;  boot    manufac- 

turer, Woodville,  Mass.  ;  m.  Ellen  Adams  (31 12)  ; 
Mary  E.  Sanger  (3113)- 
31 13.  Ellen  Adams,  of  Woodville,  b.  Oct.,  1835  ;  d.  May 
34,  1859. 

31 13.  Mary  E.  Sanger,  of  Framingham,  Mass.,  b.,Nov. 

6,  1843. 

31 14.  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  13,  1833;  d.  Nov.  14,  1833. 

31 15.  Francis  W.  Wood,  b.  Aug.  12,  1835  ;  boot  manu- 

facturer,  Woodville,    Mass.  ;    m.    Sarah    Adams 
(3"6). 

31 16.  Sarah  Adams,   b.   in  Hopkinton,   Mass.,  Nov.  7, 

1843  ;  m.  Nov.  10,  1859. 

31 17.  Mary   Anna,    b.    Nov.    3,    1S43 ;    m.    Joseph    A. 

Gregory  (3 118). 

31 18.  Joseph  A.   Gregory,   b.   in   Grafton,  Mass.,  Aug. 

II,   1852;  m.  July  3,  1884. 

31 19.  Helen   Phebe,  b.  Feb.  37,  1S53  ;  m.  George  Kos- 

suth Marshall  (3130). 
3130.  George  Kossuth  Marshall,  b.  in  Milford,  Mass., 
Apr.  15,  1851  ;  m.  Nov.  i3,  1873. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOSEPH  (3038) 

and 

PHILA  T.  FREEMAN  (3039)  WOOD. 

3131.  Joseph   Edward,   b.   in   Central  Falls,  R.  I.,  June 

33,  1839;  d.  Feb.  19,  1841. 
3133.   Sarah  Frances,  b.   in  Central  Falls,  R.  I.,  June 

35,  1 841  ;  m.  Rev.  Joseph  Ward  (3133). 

3133.  Joseph  Ward,  of  Perry  Centre,  N.  Y. 

3134.  Emma  Tiffany,   b.  in  Central  Falls,  R.  I.,  July  6, 

1843  ;  m.  Rev.  DeWitt  Scovill  Clarke  (3135). 

3135.  DeWitt  Scovill  Clarke,  b.  in  Chicopee,  Mass., 

Sept.  II,  1 841. 


252  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

3136.  Charles  Denny,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  R.  I.,  Nov. 
23,  1844;  "  Union  Metallic  Fastening  Co.,"  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  ;  m.  Amanda  Eldova  Walden  (3127). 
Residence,   Lincoln,  R.  I. 

3127.  Amanda  Eldora  Walden,  b.  in  Millville,  Mass., 

Dec.  10,  1848. 

31 28.  Herbert  Russell,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  R.  I.,  July 

8,  1846;  m.  Jane  Eliza  Mathewson  (3129). 

3129.  Jane  Eliza  Mathewson,  b.  in  Providence,   R.  I., 

Apr.  15,  1S49;  d.  Mar.  22,  1878. 

3130.  Albert  Freeman,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  R.  I.,  Mar. 

28,  1848;   m.  Martha  Peterson  (3131). 

3131.  Martha  Peterson,  b.  in  Lardels,  Norv^^ay.  July  2, 

1S49. 


CHILDREN  OF  EDWARD  J.   (3042) 

and 

PHEBE  ANN  WOOD  (3041)  COOLIDGE. 

3132.  Angenette  Russell,  b.  in  Woodville,  Mass.,  Oct. 

25,  1845  ;  m.  Marcus  M.  Woods  (3133). 

3133.  Marcus  M.  Woods,  b.  in  Woodville,  Mass.,  Oct.  8, 

1842. 

3134.  Leroy  Emerson,  b.  June   12,  1847,   in  Woodville, 

Mass.  ;  m.  Josie  M.  Gamage  (3135)- 

3135.  Josie  M.  Gamage,  b.  in  Woodville,  Mass.,   June 

13,  1849. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  (3044) 

and 

MARTHA  H.  WOOD  (3043)  SEAVER, 

woodville,  mass. 

3136.  Samuel,   b.    Feb.    7,    1833;    m.    Mary    E.    Adams 

(3137).     He  d.  Aug.  9,  1876. 

3137.  Mary  E.  Apams,  b.  in  Hopkinton. 

3138.  Benjamin  F.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1835  ;  d.  May  2,  1S36. 

3139.  Edward  B.,  b.  July  13,  1836  ;  d.  July  9,  1840. 

3140.  Charles   H.,   b.    Sept.    i,    1838;   m.    Alice   Honey 

(3H0- 


AND    HTS    DESCENDANTS.  253 

3141.  Alice  Honey,  of  Springfield,  California. 

3142.  Edward  B.  Seaver,  b.  Jan.  5,  1841  ;  m.  Frances 

Brooks  (3143). 

3143.  Frances  Brooks,  b.  in  New  York. 

3144.  Augustus,  b.  Nov.    10,    1842    (Wood  cS:  Seaver), 

"  Union  Metallic  Fastening  Co.,"  Boston,  Mass.  ; 
m.  Marian  Thayer  (3145). 

3145.  Marian  Thayer,  b.  in  Milford,  Mass. 

3146.  Augusta,  b.  Nov.  10,  1842;  d.  Aug,  25,  1845. 

3147.  Ellen  M.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1845  ;  m.  W.  S.  Southworth 

(314S). 

3148.  WiNFiELD    Scott    Southworth,    b.    m    Easton, 

Mass.,  res.  Brockton,  Mass. 

3149.  Annette,  b.  Mar.  8,  1847;  d.  Apr.  12,  1849. 

3150.  Russell  W.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1849;  d.  May  20,  1851. 

3151.  Joseph  W.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1854;  d.  Feb.  3,  1855. 


CHILDREN  OF  SAMUEL  (3045) 

AND 

SARAH  AMANDA  ARNOLD  (3046)  WOOD. 

3152.  Samuel  Eugene,  b.   in  Central  Falls,  R.  L,  Nov. 

22,  1843  ;  m.  Kate  Bassett  Pond  (3153). 

3153.  Kate    Bassett    Pond,    b.    in    Bridgeport,    Conn., 

Aug.  2,  1850. 

3154.  Frank    Arnold,    b.    in    Central   Falls,    Mar.    12, 

1846;  d. 

3155.  Ruth  Lsabel,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  Mar.  7,  1847  ;  m. 

Frank  A.  Church  (3156). 

3156.  Frank  A.   Church,   b.   in  Providence,  R.  L,  Apr. 

20,  1844. 

3157.  Ella    Gouldino,    b.    in    Central    Falls,    Aug.     11, 

1849  ;  m.  Joseph  A.  Dodge  (3158). 
-^158.  Joseph   A.    Don(;E,  b.   in   Grafton,  Mass.,  Apr.  21, 

1846. 
3159.  Alice  Amelia,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  Dec.  4,   1851  ; 

the  mother,  Sarah  A.  (Arnold)  Wood,  d.  18S5. 


254  ^AI-    WILLIAM    WOOD 

SIXTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  WM.  HENRY  (3047) 

AND 

HANNAH  PHIPPS  GAMAGE  (3048)  MORSE. 

3160.  Charles  Henry,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  May  25, 

1S30;  d.  Aug.  7,  1 83 1. 

3161.  Charles  Henry,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Aug.  10,  1832; 

m.  Priscilla  A.  Stearns  (3162),  Dec.  11,  1S67. 

3162.  Priscilla  Almena   Stearns,  b.    in  Upton,  Mass., 

June  4,  1S39. 

3163.  Betsey   Gamage,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Mar.  16,  1836; 

m.    Abner    Holbrook    Adams  (3164),  Nov.   25, 
1S69. 

3164.  Abner  Holbrook  Adams,  b.  in  Northboro,  Mass., 

Dec.  8,  1834. 

3165.  Frank  Wm.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  Apr.  8,  1852; 

m.   Emily   Dutton  (3166)  ;  Abbie  Maria  Farring- 
ton  (3167). 

3166.  Emily  Dutton,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  1849;  m- June 

22,  1874;  d.  Apr.  27,  1879. 

3167.  Abbie    Maria    Farrington,    b.    in    Bellingham, 

Mass.,  Dec.  28,  1856;  m.  June  15,  1880. 


LOVETT   MORSE. 

"  Mr.  Morse  was  a  native  of  Westboro,  Mass.,  and 
moved  to  Taunton,  in  1827  or  1828,  and  was  for  several 
years  engaged  in  the  hotel  business,  from  which  he  retired 
in  1840,  turning  his  attention  to  financial  matters.  He 
was  appointed  one  of  the  assignees  of  Crocker  and  Rich- 
mond in  1842,  and  assisted  in  setthng  their  large  estate. 
He  was  also  associated  with  R.  S.  Dean,  as  the  successors 
of  the  above  firm  in  the  manufacture  of  machinery,  for 
some  years.      He  became  a  director  in  the  Taunton  Bank, 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  255 

and  was  its  president  for  nearly  twenty  years,  retiring  in 
1869.  As  a  financier  he  was  very  successful,  accumu- 
lating a  handsome  property.  In  1850  he  was  associated 
with  his  sons  in  the  manufacture  of  nails  and  tacks, 
occupying  the  brick  establishment  now  owned  by  the 
Copper  Works  ;  but  relinquished  the  business,  disposing 
of  it  to  the  above  company  amid  the  fluctuations  of  the 
war,  in  1864.  Since  that  time  Mr.  Morse  has  devoted 
his  attention  to  his  private  financial  affairs  and  his  family, 
as  a  gentleman  of  leisure.  He  was  formerly  connected 
with  St.  Thomas  parish,  but  subsequently  joined  the 
Broadway  Congregational  Church,  which  has  been  the 
frequent  recipient  of  his  liberal  contributions,  his  counsel 
and  co-operation  as  a  member,  for  more  than  twenty 
years.  Mr.  Morse  has  been  twice  married ;  first  with 
Miss  Sally  Atherton,  by  whom  he  leaves  three  sons  ;  she 
died  about  five  years  since.  His  second  wife,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  (Wilbar)  Hatch,  survives  him." — [Extract  from 
Obituary  notice.] 

CHILDREN  OF  LOVETT  (3049) 

AND 

SALLY  ATHERTON  (3050)  MORSE. 

3168.  Ellen  Makia,  b.  in  Assonet,  Aug.  8,  1839;  d.  Mar. 

16,  1832. 

3169.  Henry  Whitfield,  b.  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  June  25, 

1831  ;   m.    Mary  Elizabeth   Shepard  (3170),  Oct. 
28;  1857. 

3170.  Mary    Elizabeth    Shepard,    b.     in    Wrentham, 

Mass.,  May  17,  1834. 

3171.  Hiram  Augustus,  b.   Sept.  8,    1833;  d.  Aug.  26, 

1834. 

3172.  Erastus,   b.   in  Taunton,   Sept.  5,  1836;   ni.  Sarah 

Seabury  Bassett  (3173),  Nov.  21,  1S60. 

3173.  Sarah  Seabury   Bassett,  b.  in   Taunton,  Mass., 

Oct.  26,  1840;  d.  March  i,  1883. 


256  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

3174.  Francis   Leroy,   b.  in   Taunton,  Feb.  9,  1844;  m, 

Emma  Louise  Tisdale  (3175),  May  21,  1872. 

3175.  Emma   Louise   Tisdale,   b.    in     Taunton,  May  24. 

1S46. 


CHILDREN  OF  OILMAN  W.  MORSE  (3052) 

BY  FIRST  WIFE, 

FANNY  ATHERTON   (3053)  MORSE. 

3176.  Alton   J.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Apr.  15,  1851  ;  d.  July 

2,  1877. 

BY    SECOND    WIFE, 

AMORETTA  I.  OLCOTT  (3054)  MORSE. 

3177.  Grace  E.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Apr.  30,  1870. 


CHILDREN  OF  COL.  ORESTES  (3056) 

AND 

MARY  WOOD  MORSE  (3055)  FORBUSH. 


m. 


3178.  Mary    S.,   b.    in    Westboro,    Dec.    13,    1835; 

Charles  H.  Williams   (3179),   Dec.  31,  1851  ;  d. 
Oct.  5,  1878. 

3179.  Charles  H.  Williams,  b.  in  New  York  City,  Apr. 

5,  1829. 

3150.  Henry  W.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Apr.  23,  1838  ;  d.  Jan. 

29,  1840. 

3151.  Martha  A.,   b.    in  Westboro,   Dec.    12,    1S40;    d. 

June  5,  1844. 

3182.  William   H.,  b.   in  Westboro,   June    16,  1843  ;  m. 

Alice  J.    Fisher   (3183),  May   20,  1869;  d.    Jan. 
18,  1881. 

3183.  Alice  J.   Fisher,  b.  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  Oct.  27, 

1846. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  257 

CHILDREN  OF  CALEB  (3064) 

AND 

NANCY  L.  WHITAKER  (3063)  JACOBS. 

3184.  Henry  Jacobs, 

3 1 85.  Lucy  Ann  Jacobs. 

3186.  Martha  Jane  Jacobs. 

3187.  Charles  Jacobs. 


CHILDREN  OF  JAMES  L.   (3073) 

and 

MARTHA  ROCKWOOD  (3073)  WHITAKER. 

318S.  James  E.,  b.  in  Ashland,  Mass.,  Jan.  10,  1S51  ;  m. 
Adeline  Louise  (31S9),  dau.  of  Noah  Harding, 
Oct.  32,  1S73. 

3189.  Adeline    Louise    Harding,    b.    in    Charlestown, 

Mass.,  June  38,  1850. 

3190.  Mabel,  and  Irvin  ;  died  in  infancy. 

3191.  MiLO    R.,  b.    in    Ashland,    Mass.,  July,    1856;  ni. 

Carrie  E.   (3193),    dau.  of  N.   C.   Preble,    Nov. 

29,  1883. 
3193.  Carrie  E.  Preble,  b.  in  Boston,  Aug.  9,  1859. 
3193.  Joseph  Wood,  b.  in  Medford,  Feb.  10,  1862. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOSEPH  WOOD  (3074) 

and 

MARY  E.  WINSLOW  (3075)  WHITAKER. 

all  born  in  CAMBRIDGE,   MASS. 

3194.  Louis  WiNSLow,   b.  Aug.  15,    1856;  d.   Sept.    13, 

1856. 

3195.  Mary  L.  Winslow,   b.   Nov.   3,  1859;  'I-   J^^"-  2, 

1872. 

3196.  Josephine  Wood,  b.  Dec.  18,  1866. 

28 


258  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  A.  (3078) 

AND 

CAROLINE  E.  WILSON  (3079)  WOOD. 

3197.  Mary  M.  Wood. 

319S.  Charles  Wood,  deceased. 

3199.  Louise  Wood,  deceased. 


CHILDREN  OF  SAMUEL  G.   (3081) 


and 


MARY  A.  P.  (3082)  WOOD. 

3300.  William,  b.   in  Dorchester,  Mass.,   Dec.   i,  1850; 

m.  Harriet  E.  Pierce  (3201). 
3201.  Harriet  E.  Pierce,  b.  in  Milton,  Mass.  ;  m.  June 

3,  1880. 
3302.  John  G.  ;  d.  June  4,  1858. 

3203.  Samuel  G.  Wood,  Jr.,   b.   in  Dorchester,  Mass., 

Nov.  5,  1854;  m.  Jennie  F.  Shiverick  (3204). 

3204.  Jennie  F.  Shiverick,  b.  in  Fahiiouth,  Mass.,  Mar. 

2,  1857  ;  m.  Aug.  3,  1875. 


CHILD  OF  SERENO  BURGESS  (3085) 

AND 

MARY  MIRANDA  CORBETT  (30S4)  JOHNSON. 

3205.  Mabel  Corbett,  b.  in  Woodville,  Mass.,  Aug.  23, 
1872. 


CHILDREN  OF  ROBERT  HENRY  (3090) 

AND 

ANN  FRANCES  WOOD  (3089)  PECKHAM. 

3206.  Henry  Russell,  b.   in  Taunton,  Mass.,   Oct.  21, 

1849;  d.  Jan.  30,  1856. 

3207.  Emma  Frances,  b.  in  Stonington,  Conn.,  Sept.  17, 

1852;  m.  Benjamin  W.  Latham  (3208). 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  259 

3208.  Benjamin    W.    Latham,    b.    in    Noank,   town   of 

Groton,Conn.,Nov.  20,  1849;  m.  June  16,  1873. 

3209.  Mary  Mai.inda,  b.  in  Groton,  July  16,  1865. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  N.   (31  lo) 

AND 

AUGUSTA  WOOD  (3109)  COMEY. 

3210.  Agnes  A.,  b.  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  Sept.  19,  1869. 

321 1.  Mary  A.,  b.  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  Dec.  27,  1870. 


CHILDREN  OF  GRANBY  (31  n) 

AND 

MARY  E.  SANGER  (31 13)  WOOD. 

ALT.  BORN  IN  WOODVILLE,  MASS. 

3212.  Clarence  Corbett,  b.  Aug.  10,  1865. 

3213.  Florence  Augusta,  b.  Feb.  8,  1869. 

3214.  Edith  Sanger,  b.  Aug.  27,  1874. 


.  CHILDREN  OF  FILANCIS  W.   (31 15) 

AND 

SARAH  ADAMS  (31 16)  WOOD. 

3215.  Fred.  Albert,  b.   in  Woodville,   Mass.,    Sept.  4, 

1862. 

3216.  Wilber  a.,  b.  in  Woodville,  Mass.,  Feb.  4,  1865. 


CHILDREN  OF  GEORGE  KOSSUTH  (3120) 


AND 


HELEN  PHEBE  WOOD  (31 19)  MARSHALL. 

ALL  BORN  IN  MILLVILLE. 

3217.  Jessie  Corbett,  b.  July  14,  1874. 

3218.  Anna  Wood,  b.  Nov.  5,  1877. 

3219.  Hilton  Albert,  b.  Nov.  19,  1879. 


26o  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  JOSEPH  (3123) 

AND 

SARAH  FRANCES  WOOD  (3122)  WARD. 

ALL  BORN  AT  YANKTON,  DAKOTA  TERRITORY. 

3220.  TosEPH  Wood,  b.  Nov.  12,  1871  ;  d.  Oct.  i.  1S73. 

3221.  Ethel  Tufts,  b.  July  15,  1873. 

3222.  Donald  Butler,  b.  Oct.  i,  1876. 

3223.  Freeman,  b.  Aug.  9,  1879. 

3224.  Sheldon,  b.  Mar.  27,  1882. 


CHILDREN  OF  DeWITT  SCOVILL  (3125) 

AND 

EMMA  TIFFANY  WOOD  (3124)  CLARKE. 

3225.  Garit     DeWitt,    b.    in    Clinton,   Mass.,    Aug.    7, 

1873- 

3226.  Leigh  Freeman,  b.  in  Clinton,  Mass.,  Feb.  9,  1878. 

3227.  Hilda  Goulding,   b,   in   Salem,   Mass.,   Sept.    25, 

1883. 


CHILD  OF  CHARLES  DENNY   (3126) 

AND 

AMANDA  ELDORA  WALDEN  (3127)  WOOD. 

3228.  Carrie  Walden,  b.  in   Brooklyn,   N.   Y.,  May   7, 
1871. 


CHILDREN  OF  HERBERT  RUSSELL  (3128) 


and 


JANE  ELIZA  MATHEWSON  (3129)  WOOD. 

3229.  Ida   Mathewson,  b.  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  Apr.  30, 

1S73. 

3230.  Joseph,  b.  in  Pawtucket,  R.  L,  Sept.  7,  1875. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  261 

CHILDREN  OF  ALBERT  FREEMAN  (3130) 

AND 

MARTHA  PETERSON  (3131)  WOOD. 

ALL  BORN  IN  DAKOTA  TERRITORY. 

3231.  Mabel,  b.  May  5,  1S76. 

3232.  Emma  Tiffany,  b.  Aug.  4,  1879. 

3233.  Charles  Goulding,  b.  Nov.  22,  1880. 

3234.  Bertha  Capron,  b.  June  11,  1883. 


CHILDREN  OF  MARCUS  M.   (3133) 

and 

ANGENETTE  R.   (3132)  WOODS. 

ALL  born  in  HOPKINTON,  MASS. 

3235.  Bertha  C,  b.  June  6,  1875. 

3236.  Effie  L.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1876. 

3237.  Clara  L.,  b.  June  23,  1881. 


CHILD  OF  SAMUEL  (3136) 

AND 

MARY  E.  ADAMS  (3137)  SEAVER. 
3238.  Charles  W.,  b.  in  Ashland,  Mass. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  H.   (3140) 

AND 

ALICE  HONEY  (3141)  SEAVER. 

3239.  Laura,  b.  in  Springfield,  Cal.,  Aug.  31,  1864. 

3240.  Franklin  Chester,  b.    in  Springfield,  Cal.,  Dec. 

17,  1867. 

3241.  -Minnie,  b.  in  California,  Aug.  11,  1873. 

3242.  Charles,  b.  in  Springfield,  t'al.,  Apr.  5,  1875. 


262  MAJ.    WII.LIAM    WOOD 

CHILD  OF  AUGUSTUS  (3144) 

AND 

MARIAN  THAYER  (3145)   SEAVER. 

3243.  Augustus  Seaver,   b.  in  Milford,  Mass.,   Apr.  5, 
1S75. 


CHILDREN  OF  SAMUEL  EUGENE  (3153) 

AND 

KATE  BASSETT  POND  (3153)  WOOD. 

3244.  Kenneth  Foster,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  R.  I.,  May 

24,  1873. 

3245.  Ruth   Goulding,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  Jan  29,  1875. 


CHILDREN  OF  FRANK  A.   (3156) 

AND 

RUTH  ISABEL  WOOD  (3155)  CHURCH. 

3246.  Butler  Lane,  b.  in  Central  Falls,  May  6,  1873. 

3247.  Ernest    Clinton,   b.  in    Central    Falls,   Aug.    12, 

1S76. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOSEPH  A.   (3158) 

AND 

ELLA  GOULDING  WOOD  (3157)  DODGE. 

ALL  BORN  IN  GRAFTON,   MASS. 

3248.  Irving  Bigelow,  h.  Jan.  5,  1876. 

3249.  Kathrina  Arnold,  b.  Feb.  22,  1S79. 

3250.  Louise  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  5,  188 1. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  263 

SEVENTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  HENRY  (3161) 

AND 

PRISCILLA  A.  STEARNS  (3162)  MORSE. 

3251.  Emma,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Feb.  12,  1S69. 

3252.  William    Stearns,    b.    in    Hopkinton,    Feb.    24, 

1871. 

3253.  Agnes  Maria,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Oct.  7,  1874. 


CHILD  OF  HENRY  WHITFIELD  (3169) 

AND 

MARY  ELIZABETH  SHEPARD  (3170)  MORSE. 
3254.  Fanny,  b.  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  Aug.  24,  1S5S. 


CHILDREN  OF  ERASTUS  (3172) 

AND 

SARAH  SEABURY  BASSETT  (3173)  MORSE. 

3255.  John  Lovett,  b.  in  Taunton,  Apr.  21,  1865. 

3256.  Elizabeth  Bassett,  b.  in  Taunton,  Apr.  31,  1S74  ; 

d.  June  15,  1875. 

3257.  Sally  Holmes,  b.  in  Taunton,  May  6,  1879. 


CHILD  OF  FRANCIS  LEROY  (3174) 

AND 

EMMA  LOUISE  TISDALE  (3175)  MORSE. 

3258.   Elizabeth  Tisdale,   b.    in    Taunton,  Mass.,  May 
15,  1881. 


264  MAJ.    WILLIAM    WOOD 

CHILDREN  OF  MARY  S.  FORBUSH  (3178) 

AND 

CHARLES  H.  WILLIAMS  (3179). 

3359.  Charles  H.  Williams,  Jr.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Sept. 

12,  1S53. 

3360.  Jennie   S.,   b.   in  Westboro,   Aug.    29,    1S56 ;    m. 

Mahlon  L.  Barber  (3261). 

3361.  Mahlon  L.  Barber;  m.  March,  1S76. 

3363.  Nellie  G.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Apr.  3,  1S71  ;  d.   Apr. 
12,  1S75. 

3263.  Mary  F.,  b.  in  Westboro,  Oct.  8,  1S73  ;  d.  Apr.  23, 

1S75. 

3264.  Eva  I.,  b.  in  Westboio,  June  20,  1S76. 


CHILD  OF  JAMES  E.   (3188) 


ADELINE  LOUISE  HARDING  (3189)  WHITAKER. 

3365.   Chester  LELAND,b.  in  Sonierville,  Mass.,  Oct.  15, 
1883. 


CHILD  OF  MILO  R.   (3191) 

AND 

CARRIE  E.  PREBLE  (3193)  WHITAKER. 
3366.   Sarah  B.,  b.  in  Sonierville,  Mass.,  Sept.  6,  1884. 


CHILDREN  OF  SAMUEL  G.   (3203) 

AND 

JENNIE  F.  SHIVERICK  (3204)   WOOD,   (Jr.). 

3267.  Florence  Mary,  b.    in  Neponset,  Mass.,  Jan.  25, 

1876. 

3268.  Carrie  S.,  b.  in  Neponset,  Mass.,  Feb.  20,  1882. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  265 

CHILD  OF  BENJAMIN  W.  (330S) 

AND 

EMMA  FRANCES  PECKHAM  (3207)  LATHAM. 
3269.  Ethel  Wood,  b.  in  Noank,  Conn.,  Dec.  30,  1883. 


EIGHTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  JENNIE  S.  WILLIAMS  (3260) 


AND 


MAHLON  L.  BARBER  (3261). 

3270.  Leonard  O.  Barber,  b.  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  Dec. 

17,  1876. 

3271.  Ernest  L.  Barber,  b.  in  Westboro,  Sept.  38,  1879. 


SAMUEL  WOOD. 

"  Samuel  Wood,  brother  of  Maj.  William  and  Nathan- 
iel, and  half  brother  of  Dr.  Joseph,  b.  in  Hopkinton, 
1761  ;  m.  Sept.  28,  1788,  Elizabeth  Kimball,  b.  1770; 
d.  Sept.  15,  1824. 

"  He  removed  to  this  town  from  Woodville,  Hopkinton, 
when  quite  a  young  man,  and  was  employed  by  his 
brother.  Dr.  Joseph  Wood,  on  his  farm  and  in  his  store. 
He  was  noted  for  his  activity.  He  was  for  a  number  of 
years  the  principal  inn-keeper  in  the  town.  He  erected 
the  Grafton  Hotel,  and  kept  it  until  his  death,  Sept.  30, 

1813. 

children. 

1.  Betsey,  b.  May  10,  1789;  d.  Sept.  i3,  1792. 

2.  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  5,  1792;  d.  Sept.  13,  1793. 

3.  Samuel,  b.   Dec.  16,    1793;  m.    Sarah   Bruce 

and  Hannah  P.  Adams. 

4.  Betsey,  b.  Nov.  i,  1801  ;  d.  May  16,  1816. 
29 


266  SAMUEL    WOOD. 

"  Hon.  Samuel  Wood,  son  of  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  i6, 
1793  ;  m.  Sarah  Bruce,  d.  June  1817  ;  m.  Hannah  P. 
Adams.  He  was  born  in  Grafton,  and  always  resided 
here,  with  but  the  exception  of  one  or  two  years  of  tem- 
porary absence. 

"After  the  death  of  his  father  he  became  proprietor  of 
the  Hassanamisco  House,  which  he  conducted  with  suc- 
cess, and  sold  to  Lovell  Baker,  Senior,  when  he  pur- 
chased of  Dr.  Lamb  and  built  him  a  fine  residence. 

"He  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  very  large  shoe 
manufacturer,  in  company  with  Noah  Kimball ;  Wood, 
Kimball  &  Co.  He  held  all  the  town  offices,  —  town 
clerk,  assessor,  selectman,  and  representative  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Senate  of 
the  Massachusetts  legislature  from  the  Worcester  District, 
and  a  member  of  the  council  of  Gov.  George  N.  Briggs. 

"  During  this  time  he  was  the  most  influential  man  in 
this  section,  especially  in  his  town. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  E.,  b.  May  17,  1817;  m.   Nicholas  H. 

Brigham  ;  res.  in  New  York  city. 

2.  Hannah  M.,  b.  Aug.   2,  1820;  m.   Rufus  E. 

Warren. 

3.  Amelia  W.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1823;  d.  unmarried. 

4.  Jane  A.,   b.  Dec.    2,   1827;    d.   Sept.,    1875; 

unmarried." 
— [History  of  Grafton,  Mass.] 


NATHANIEL    GOODWIN    WOOD    AND    DESCENDANTS.      267 

NATHANIEL  GOODWIN  WOOD. 

Nathaniel  Goodwin  Wood  (3018),  was  born  in 
Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Aug.  4,  1764;  m.  Levina  Hayden ; 
Patty  Green  ;  Prudence  Spooner. 

Levina  Hayden  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  Apr. 
I,  1773  ;  died  Feb.  14,  1819,  at  West  Boylston,  Mass. 

Patty  Green,  b.  in  Northboro,  Mass.,  Nov.,  1772;  d. 
Dec,  1829,  at  Hopkinton. 

Prudence  Spooner  died  in  Westboro. 


FOURTH   GENERATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  NATHANIEL  GOODWIN  (3018) 


LEVINA  (HAYDEN)  WOOD. 

CHILDREN. 

4272.  Merritt  Wood,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  Jan.  21, 
1794;  m.  ist,  Belinda  Holt  (4273)  ;  2d,  Mary  E. 
Fairbank  (4274)  ;  d.  Nov.  3,  1873,  in  Leomin- 
ster. 

4373.  Belinda  Holt,  b.  in  West  Boylston,  Mass.,  Oct.  4, 
1798  ;  d.  Dec.  17,  1845,  in  Leominster. 

4274.  Mary  E.  Fairbank,  b.  in  West  Boylston,  Jan.  24, 

1806;  d.  June,  1879,  in  Leominster. 

4275.  Patty  Wood,  b.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  Nov.  5,  1795  ; 

d.  Oct.  30,  1796,  in  Grafton,  Mass. 

4276.  Nathaniel  Wood,  b.   in  Hoklen,   Aug.  29,  1797: 

m.   Louise   Holman   (4277)  ;  d.  Aug.  2,  1876,  in 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 

4277.  Louise  Holman,  b.  in  Bolton,  Nov.  30,  1803  ;  resi- 

dence, Fitchburg. 
Nathaniel  Wood  graduated  from  Harvard  l/niversity 
in   the   ckiss   of  1821, —  was   tutor  of  Mathematics  there 


268  NATHANIEL    GOODWIN    WOOD 

two  years, —  practised  law  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  till  two 
years  before  his  death.  Often  represented  the  town  in 
the  Massachusetts  General  Court, — was  one  of  the  influen- 
tial citizens.     Burns's  epitaph  would  apply  to  him  :  — 

"  An  honest  man  here  lies  at  rest, 
As  e'er  God  with  his  image  blest ; 
The  friend  of  man,  the  friend  of  truth  ; 
The  friend  of  age,  the  guide  of  youth  ; 
Few  hearts,  like  his,  with  virtue  warm'd. 
Few  heads,  with  knowledge  so  inform'd." 

4278.  Jonathan  Wood,  b.  in  Holden,  Dec.  14,  1799;  d. 

Nov.  16,  1S19,  in  West  Boylston. 

4279.  Sabrina   Wood,  b.  in   Holden,    Dec.    6,  1803  ;   m. 

John  O.  Benthall  (42S0)  ;  d.  March  26,   18S3,   in 
Leominster. 

4250.  John  O.  Benthall,  b.  in  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.  ; 

d.  Nov.  27,  1854,  in  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

4251.  Goodwin  Wood,  b.  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  Oct.  6, 

1803  ;    m.   Sally  Bascom   (42S2)  ;  Mrs.  Mary  L. 
Hale  (4283)  ;  d.  June,  1S62,  in  Princeton. 

4282.  Sally  Bascom. 

4283.  Mary  L.  Hale,  b.  in  Newburyport ;  died  there  ;  no 

children. 

4284.  A  Daughter,   b.   in  Westminster,  Aug.  10,  1805  ; 

lived  only  a  few  days. 
42S5.  Mary  Wood,  b.  in  Westminster,  Mar.  6,  1808  ;  m. 
George  Leonard  (42S6)  ;  d.  in  Ripon,  Wis.,  Aug. 
10,  1876. 

4286.  George    Leonard,   b.    in  Westminster,  Nov.    29, 

1800;  d.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  July  17,  1870. 

4287.  MosES  Wood,   b.   in  Westminster,   Oct.    10,  1811  ; 

m.    Mary  Ann  Bridges  (4288)  ;  Julia  Ann  Howe 
(42S9)  ;  Mrs.  Addie  M.  Blake  (4290). 

4258.  Mary  Ann  Bridges,   b.  in   Holliston,  Mass.,  June 

12,  1811  ;  d.  in  Westboro,  May  29,  1845. 

4259.  Julia  Ann  Howe,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  6, 

1825  ;  d.  in  Westboro,  Aug.  17,  1856. 
4290.  Addie    M.  Blake,  b.  in  Walpole,  Mass.,  Aug.  31, 
1830. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  269 

Moses  Wood  is  a  jeweller  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  and  has 
been   in   the  same  business  there  for  forty-eight  years. 

4391.  Otis  Wood,  b.  in  West  Boylston,  Sept.  i,  1813  ;  m. 

Josephine  Lucena  Keach  (4292)  ;  d.  in  Princeton, 

Mass.,  Aug.  14,  1878. 
4292.  Josephine   L.    Keach,  b.    in   St.   Johnsbnry,   Vt., 

Dec.  13,  1823  ;  residence,  Princeton  ;   no  children. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


CHILDREN  OF  MERRITT  (4272) 

AND 

BELINDA  HOLT  (4273)  WOOD. 

4293.  Alonzo  Hayden,  b.  in  West  Boylston,  Oct.  12,  1818  ; 

m.  Emily  Jane  Gerden  (4294)  ;  Phebe  H.  Strat- 
ton  (4295)  ;  d.  in  Worcester,  Dec.  24,  1870. 

4294.  Emily  Jane   Gerden,  b.  in  Hancock,  Me.  ;  d.   in 

Lowell,  May,  1845. 

4295.  Phebe  H.   Stratton,  b.   in  Hancock,  Me.  ;    resi- 

dence, Boston,  Mass. 

4296.  Martha  Levina,   b.  in  West  Boylston,  Apr.    13, 

1820;  m.  Henry  Fairbank  Holt  (4297);  res. 
Leominster. 

4297.  Henry  F.  Holt,  b.  in  South  Berwick,  Me.,  Nov.  25, 

1816  ;  d.  Dec.  23,  1882,  in  Leominster.  Mrs.  Holt 
has  done  much  to  secure  the  records  of  lier 
branch. 

4298.  Merritt  Milton,   b.   Sept.    9,    1823  ;    d.   Mar.   4, 

1824,  in  Leominster. 

4299.  Nathaniel  Goodwin,  b.    in   Leominster,   Dec.   5, 

1824;  m.  Maria  Sizerjolmson  (4300);  residence, 
Boston,  Mass. 

4300.  Maria  S.  Johnson,  b.  in  Leominster,  Mar.  22,  1826. 


270  NATHANIEI.    GOODWIN    WOOD 

NATHANIEL  GOODWIN   WOOD. 

Nathaniel  Goodwin  Wood  (4299),  son  of  Merritt, 
and  grandson  of  Nathaniel  Goodwin  Wood,  went  early 
into  the  jewelry  business.  He  was  with  Moses  Wood  for 
a  time,  then  engaged  with  Wm.  P.  McKay  &  Co..  of  Bos- 
ton, to  finish  his  trade  and  learn  the  general  business  ;  he 
remained  with  them  about  three  years,  after  which  he 
went  to  Saco,  Maine, —  established  a  jewelry  store  on 
Factory  Island,  so  called  ;  —  after  about  eighteen  months 
he  established  another  store  in  Biddeford,  Me.,  and  con- 
tinued the  two  for  about  eighteen  months. 

He  moved  to  Boston  in  1848,  and  has  been  eminently 
successful  there,  and  is  a  man  of  wealth  and  influence. 

He  does  not  forget  the  home  of  his  father,  and  is  a 
large  real  estate  owner  there,  as  I  learn  from  the  tax  list 
of  Leominster,  Mass.  He  has  been  ably  assisted  by  his 
sons  in  his  business. 

His  portrait  is  presented  upon  the  opposite  page. 


CHILDREN  OF  NATHANIEL  (4376) 

AND 

LOUISE  HOLMAN  (4277)  WOOD. 

4301.  Frederick  Nathaniel,  b.  in  Fitcliburo-,Mass.,  May 

3,  1S39;  d.  Dec.  6,  1837. 
4303.  Louise,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  July  6,  1833  ;  d.  June,  1S33. 

4303.  Louise  Holman,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  July  14,  1834  ;   m. 

James  Ripley  Wellman  (4304)  ;  residence,  Fitch- 
burg, Mass. 

4304.  James   Ripley   Wellman,   b.    in    Cornish,  N.  H., 

July  27,  1839;  d.  in  Cornish,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Wellman  studied  medicine  at  Dartmouth  College, 
N.  H.  ;  also  in  Europe,  and  practised  his  profession  in 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 


AND    Hl^    DESCENDANTS.  27 1 

CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  O.   (4280) 

AND 

SABRINA  WOOD  (4279)  BENTHALL. 

4305.  John   Milton,   1).    in   Princeton,    Mass.,    vScpt.    12, 

1832  ;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Stratton  (4306)  ;    Eliza- 
beth D.  Wilson  (4307)  ;  res.  Qiiasqueton,  Iowa. 

4306.  Mary  E.  Stratton,  b.  in  Hancock,   Me.,  Mai.  20, 

1S37;  (1.  in  Qiiasqueton,  Iowa,  Mar.  20,  185S. 

4307.  Elizabeth   D.  Wilson,  b.    in  Middlebury,   N.  Y., 

Dec.  18,  1S39. 

J.  M.  Benthall  enlisted  in  the  loth  Minnesota  Vol. 
Infantry,  Aug.  26,  1862  ;  was  discharged  Aug.  26,  1865. 
1st  year  in  Minnesota  in  the  Indian  War;  2d  year,  St. 
Louis,  Memphis  and  Nashville  ;  3d  year,  New  Orleans, 
Mobile,  and  in  battles  of  Tupelo,  Nashville,  Spanish 
Fort,  taking  of  Mobile,  &c. 

4308.  Mary    Levina,  b.  in  Princeton,  Oct.  30,  1834;  "^• 

Julian    Victor    Keyes    (4309)  ;    d.    in    Lawrence, 
Sept.  2,  1856. 

4309.  Julian    V.    Keyes,    b.    in  Westford,    Mass.  ;    res. 

Lowell,  Mass.  ;   no  children. 


CHILD  OF  GEORGE  (4286) 


MARY  (WOOD)  (4285)  LEONARD. 

4310.  George  Enoch,  b.  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  Oct.  4,  1S29  ; 

m.  Maria  E.  Walker  (431 1)  ;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

4311.  Maria  E.  Walker,  b.   in  Shirley,  Mass.,   Jan.   5, 

1834. 


CHILDREN  OF  MOSES  (4287) 

AND 

MARY  ANN  BRIDGES  (4288)  WOOD. 
4312.   Emily  L.,  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.  ;  d.  in  Westboro, 


Mass. 


272  NATHANIEL    GOOpWIN    WOOD 

4313.  Melville,   b.   in   Hopkinton,   July    11,     1S34 ;    m. 

Oct.  3,  1855,  Catherine  A.  Forbush  (4314). 

4314.  Catherine    A.    Forbush,    dau.    of    Benj.  F.    and 

Susan    (Warren)    Forbush,  b.  in  Westboro,  Mar. 
30,  1836.    Optician  and  jeweller,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Melville  Wood  enlisted,  1861,  in  Regimental  Band,  and 
after  one  year  of  service  was,  by  an  Act  of  Congress,  dis- 
charged ;  he  was  in  the  battles  of  Roanoke  and  New 
Berne. 

4315.  Mary,   b.   in  Westboro,  Jan.   2,  1S39  ;  ^^^-  William 

Clemens  (4316)  ;  res.  Northboro,  Mass. 

4316.  William  Clemens,  b.  in  Northboro,  1837. 

4317.  Ellen,   b.   in  Westboro;  d.  in  Manchester,  N.  H., 

1843. 

4318.  Alonzo,  b.  and  d.  in  Westboro. 

4319.  Josephine,    b.    in   Westboro,    Jan.     2,    1844;    m. 

Charles  Edwin  Boyles  (4320). 

4320.  Charles    E.    Boyles,    b.    in  Princeton,  Aug.   27, 

1836;  res.  Sterling,  Mass. 

C.  E.  Boyles  enlisted  in  25th  Regimental  Band  in  1861  ; 
in  one  year  was  discharged  by  Act  of  Congress.  Was 
in  the  battles  of  Roanoke  and  New  Berne. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 


CHILD  OF  ALONZO  H.   (4293) 

AND 

EMILY  JANE  GERDEN  (4294)  WOOD. 

4321.  Emily  Jane,  b.   in  Lowell,  Mass.,  Sept.  17,    1843; 

m.  Frank  Albert  Tufts   (4322)  ;  d.  in  Worcester, 
May  22,  1869. 

4322.  Frank  Albert  Tufts,  b.  in  Sterling,  Mass.  ;  d.  in 

New  York,  July,  1883. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  273 

CHILD  OF  }IENRY  F.   (4397) 


AND 


MARTHA  L.  WOOD  (4396)  HOLT. 

4333.  John  Milton  Bentiiall  Holt,  b.  in  West 
Boylston,  Sept.  22,  1856;  d.  in  West  Boylston, 
Jan.  30,  1859. 


CHILDREN  OF  NATHANIEL  G.   (4299) 


and 


MARIA  S.  JOHNSON  (4300)  WOOD. 

4334.  Albert    Nathaniel,    b.    in    Suco,    Me.,    Jan.  30, 

1S48.  A  very  successful  business  man.  In  jevvehy 
business  with  his  father,  444  Washington  St., 
Boston,  Mass.  ;  m.  Clara  Annah  Barrett  (4325)  ; 
res.  Boston,  Mass. 

4335.  Clara  A.  Barrett,  b.  in  West  Townsend,  Mass., 

Jan.  6,  1849. 
4326.  A  Daughter,  b.  and  d.  in  Boston,  a  few  weeks  old. 

4337.  George  Melville,   b.    in  Boston,  Mar.,  1855;  d. 

in  Leominster,  Apr.,  1858. 

4338.  Fred.  Marshall,  b.   in  Boston,  May  6,  1861  ;  m. 

Annie  Baker  Thayer  (4329)  ;  res.  Boston. 

4329.  Annie  B.  Thayer,  b.  in  Boston,  Oct.  18,  1861. 

4330.  Arthur  Goodwin,   b.   in  Boston,  July    10,   1868; 

residence  Boston. 


CHILDREN  OF  JOHN  MILTON  BENTHALL  (4305) 

BY  FIRST  WIFE, 

MARY  E.  STRATTON  (4306). 

4331.  John  Frederick,  b.   in    Quasqueton,   Iowa,   Sept. 

10,    1857  ;  m.  Jennie  Evelyn  Barker  (4332)  ;   res. 
W^altham. 

4332.  Jennie  E.  Barker,  b.  in  Essex,  Me.,  May  12,  1863. 

30 


274  NATHANIEL  GOODWIN  WOOD 

BY    SECOND    WIFE, 

ELIZABETH  D.  WILSON  (4307). 

4333.  Eugene  Delafield,  b.  in  Qiiasqueton,  Iowa,  Dec. 

7,  1S71. 

4334.  Mary  Ejista,  b.  in  Qiiasqueton,  Feb.  3,  1877.* 


CHILDREN  OF  MELVILLE  (4313) 

and 

CATHERINE  A.  FORBUSH  (4314)  WOOD. 

RESIDENCE  KANSAS  CITY,   MO. 

4335.  Florence  Nightingale,  b.  in  Leominster,  Mass., 
July  25,  1S56;  d.  in  Portsmouth,  Va.,  Oct.  19, 
1S65. 

4336-  Virginia  Franklin,  b.  Feb.  37,  1S61,  in  Worces- 
ter, Mass. 

4337.  Rosa  Bell  (always  called  Nannie),  b.  in  Worces- 
ter, Mass.,  Feb.  10,  1S64. 

433^-  )  a^    •         f  Herbert  Carl  Wood,    )  ,     .     t.^     ^  ,, 
T^^,>    C   Iwms.  -^  Tj  T-,  ,,.  '    }•  b.  m  Norfolk, 

4339-  )  I  Harry  Earl  Wood,       j  •» 

Virginia,  Nov.  8,  1S70. 


CHILDREN  OF  WILLIAM   (4316) 

AND 

MARY  WOOD  (4315)  CLEMENS. 

4340.  Charles,  b.  in  Northboro,  Mass.,  1866. 

4341.  Forester,  b.  in  Westboro,  June  27,  1868. 


CHILDREN  OF  CHARLES  E.   (4320) 


AND 


JOSEPHINE  WOOD  (4319)  BOYLES. 

4342.  Mabel    Louise,    b.    in    Sterling,    Mass., 

1S68. 
4343-  Susie  Wood,  b.  in  Sterling,  Oct.  27,  1869. 


AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS.  275 

All  the  descendants  of  Capt.  John  Wood  have  been 
traced  to  the  second  or  third  generations,  as  shown  upon 
page  232. 

The  descendants  of  Joseph  Wood,  son  of  Capt.  John, 
have  been  traced  to  the  present  in  the  line  of  his  sons 
who  had  families,  and  in  the  line  of  his  daughters  to 
times  within  the  remembrance  of  those  now  living. 

All  the  descendants  of  Maj.  William  Wood  and 
Nathaniel  Goodwin  Wood,  are  supposed  to  be  here 
recorded  to  the  year  1885. 


INDEX 


OF 


HEADS   OF   FAMILIES. 


Two  references  are  made  here  to  each  Family  Record,  through 

1st.     The  name  of  the  Father. 

2nd.    The  name  of  the  Mother  before  the  marriage. 


INDEX    A. 


HEADS  OF  FAMILIES  BY  THE  NAME  OF  WOOD. 


A. 


[The  figures  refer  to  pages.] 

CoUester,  235. 


Aaron,  28,  29. 
Abigail,  185,  213. 
Abigail  Daby,  198. 
Adaline  F.  B.,  136. 
Albert,  250. 
Albert  Freeman,  261. 
Alonzo  H.,  272. 
Amariah,  I2i. 
Amariah  M.,  128. 
Amasar  69. 
Ann  F.,  258. 
Ann  O.,  133. 
Anna  Wood,  175. 
Annette  E.,  91. 
Arvilla  A.,  211. 
Asa,  170,  214. 
Asa  D.,  51. 
Augusta,  259. 
Augustine,  180. 
Augustine  W.,  131,  135. 

B. 

Benjamin,  210,  232. 

Bennet,  44. 

Betsey,  154,  171,  176. 

c. 

Caroline  W.,  42. 
Carshena,  82,  83,  91. 
Charles,  199. 
Charles  A.,  258. 
Charles  D. ,  260. 
Charlotte  A.,  206,  207. 


Cornelius  E.,  69. 
D. 

Daniel,  168,  175. 
David  A.,  181. 
Dorathy,  44. 

E. 

Ebenezer,  167,  168,  169. 
Edwin  M.,  iSi. 
Eliphalet,  42,  209. 
Eliza,  235. 

Elizabeth,  26,  45,  84,  23J 
Ella  Goulding,  262. 
Emma  T. ,  260. 
Emory,  211. 
Eunice,  iii. 
Eunice  M.,  86. 


Florence  A.,  90. 
Frances,  177. 
Francis,  153,  199. 
Francis  W.,  134,  259. 
Frank,  32. 
Franklin  S.,  i82. 

G. 

George,  177,  180. 
George  A.,  136. 
George  H.,  127. 
George  L.,  133. 
George  W.,  180. 


28o 


INDEX. 


Georgiana,  197. 
Gilbert  H.,  236. 
Grace,  28. 
Granby,  259. 

H. 

Hannah,  236,  248. 
Hannah  A.,  129. 
Hannah  M.,  266. 
Harriet  A.,  87. 
Harriet  F. ,  134. 
Helen  P.,  259. 
Herbert  R.,  260. 
• 

J- 

Jabez,  210. 

James  P.,  194,  195. 

Jane,  197. 

John,  57,  108,  129,  153,  170, 

232,-237. 
John  (Capt. ),  217,  219. 
John  (Dea.),  59,  66. 
John  G.,  249. 
John  H.,  85,  108 
John  P.,  195. 
Jeremiah,  13,  45,  222. 
Jonathan, 185, 189, 191,  192, 

214,  222. 
Joseph,    26,   205,  232,    234, 

235.  257. 
Josephine,  274. 
Julia  A.,  195. 

K. 

Katherine  L.,  205,  207. 

L. 

Lowell  M.,  131. 
Lucius  F. ,  129. 
Lucy,  28,  43,  69,    70,    129, 

176,  213. 
Luella,  168. 

Lydia,  28,  147,  168,  213. 
Lyn  P.,  39. 


M. 

Maria,  85. 
Martin,  68. 
Martha  H.,  252. 
Martha  L.,  273. 
Martha  R.,  91. 
Mary,  47,  137,  189,  195,  202, 
209,  210,  232,  271,  274. 
Mary  A.,  108,  135. 
Mary  J.,  32. 
Melville,  274. 
Merritt,  269. 
Miranda,  249. 

N. 

Nabby,  210. 
Nancy,  248. 
Nathan,  177. 
Nathan  H.,  87. 
Nathaniel,  270. 
Nathaniel  G.,  267,  273. 

o. 

Oliver  A.,  133, 
Oral  Reed,  87. 

P. 

Permelia,  168. 
Phebe,  169,  171,  235. 
Phebe  A.,  252. 
Polly,  247. 

R. 

Rebecca,  28. 
Rhoda  R.,  212. 
Robert  W.,  206,  207. 
Russell,  249. 
Ruth  I.,  262. 


Sabrina,  271. 
Salmon,  173,  175. 
Samuel,  46,  253. 


INDEX. 


281 


Samuel  E.,  262. 
Samuel  G.,  258,  264. 
Sarah,  91,  183,  1S8,  199- 
Sarah  A.,  192,  250. 
Sarah  E.,  132,  266. 
Sarah  F.,  260. 
Sarah  J.,  43,  196. 
Sarah  L.,  85. 
Sib^'l,  174- 

Spencer  R.,  195,  196. 
Stella  May,  90. 
Stephen,  50,  177. 
Susanna,  47,  159. 
Susannah  W.,  130. 
S.  Wilder,  132. 
Sylvester,  171. 


Thomas,  46,  232. 


Timothy,  153. 
Timothy  D.,  171. 
Timothy  L.,  86. 

V. 

Viola  R.  A.,  250. 
Virginia,  193. 

w. 

Walter  A.,  38. 
William  (Maj.),  -:38.  243. 
William  A.,  32. 
William  B.,  250. 
William  C,  136. 
William  L.,  250. 
William  P.,  195. 
William  S.,  132. 


31 


INDEX    B. 


HEADS  OF  FAMILIES  OTHER  THAN  WOOD. 


[The  figures  refer  to  pages.] 


A. 


Abbott,  Charles,  io8. 
Adams,  Elizabeth,  157. 

Hannah  P.,  266. 

John,  150. 

Mary  E.,  261. 

Sarah,  259. 
Allen,  W.X;.,  204. 
Ames,  Maria,  199. 

Pelham  W.,  20S. 
Anderson,  Louisa  H.,  133. 

Mary  J.,  99. 
Armington,  Mary  E.,  193. 
Armundson,  Rena,  135. 
Arnold,  Sarah  A.,  253. 
Atherton,  Eliza,  129. 

Fanny,  256, 

Rachel,  128. 

Sally,  255. 

B. 

Babcock,  Alvin,  129. 

Ann  E.,  208. 

Hannah  A.,  134. 

Jotham,  205,  207. 
Bacon,  Julia  M.,  116. 
Baldwin,  Jacob,  17S. 

Joel  M.,  179. 

Lucy  J.,  179. 

Sarah  P.,  119. 
Ball,  Harriet  N. ,  129. 
Barber,  Mahlon  L.,  265. 

Robert,  189. 

Russell,  166. 
Barnard,  Mary  R.,  74. 


Barnes,  Martha,  220. 
William  T.,  193. 
Bassett,  Sarah  S.,  263. 
Battle,  Bettie,  194. 
Baxter,  Mary,  222. 

Sarah,  222. 
Beates,  Gurdon  E.,  102. 
Belknap,  Wendell  E.,  250. 
Bemis,  Sarah  E.,  53. 
Benjamin,  Mary  J.,  48. 

Sidney  W.,  48. 

Stillman  D.,  48. 
Benneson,  Alice  A.,  135. 
Bennet,  Dorathy,  13. 

Henry,  12. 

Thomas,  48. 
Benson,  Mr.,  165. 
Best,  T.  Haywood,  193. 
Benthall,  John  M.,  273. 

John  O.,  271. 
Bigelow,  Benson,  69. 

Orpha  J.,  179. 

Virginia  A.,  102. 
Blackington,  Angeline,  88. 
Blaisdell,  Ann,  199. 
Blood,  Mr.,  28,  188. 

Caroline,  u8. 

Charlotte,  204. 

Edmund,  203. 

Ellen  M.,  203. 

Henry  G.,  188. 
Blount,  Benjamin  H.,  192. 

George  W. ,  192. 

John  Wood,  193. 

Mary  J.,  193. 

Sarah  C.,  193. 


INDEX. 


283 


Blount,  Virginia,  193. 
Bond,  Georgia,  197. 
John  R.,  198. 
Katharine  P.,  197- 
W.  P.,  197. 
Boutelle,  Adelbert  D.,  181, 
Albert  L.,  181. 
Dexter,  176. 
James,  176. 
James  E.,  iSi. 
Landon  II.,  181. 
Llewellyn  W.,  182. 
Moses,  176. 
Bowen,  Sarah,  335. 
Bowers,  Albert,  51. 
Almira,  51. 
Caroline,  51. 
Cynthia,  51. 
George,  50. 
Mark,  50. 
Samuel  O.,  51. 
Bowker,  Matilda,  73. 
Boyd,  Maggie  S.  C,  76. 
Boyles,  Charles  E.,  274. 
Boynton,  Dea.,  45. 
Brackett,  Urania  E.,  50. 
Brewer,  Jonathan,  221. 

Josephine,  117. 
Brewster,  Amos  F.,  52. 
John,  52. 
Julia,  52. 
Justus,  52. 
Mary,  52. 
Polly  J.,  52. 
Susan  F.,  52. 
Bridges,  Mary  A.,  271. 
Bridgham,  James,  219, 
Brigham,  Nicholas  II.,  266. 
Brintnal,  William,  222. 
Brooks,  Amos,  202. 
Caleb,  202. 
Ella  Cora,  201. 
Hannah  B.  W.,  200. 
Henry,  199. 
John,  46. 
John  H.,  201. 


Brooks,  John  Wood,  200. 
Lucretia,  202. 
Phebe,  167. 
Walter  D.,  200. 
Broughton,  David,  52. 
Brown,  L.  L. ,  48. 
Bruce,  Sarah,  266. 
Buchan,  Lizzie  A.;  136. 
Buckminster,  Anne,  220. 
Ann  M.,  221. 
Ellen,  222. 
Elizabeth,  219. 
Frances,  221. 
Johanna,  217,  219. 
Joseph,    217,  218,   219, 

220. 
Lawson,  221. 
Lydia  H.,  221. 
Martha,  219. 
Sarah,  222. 
Sybilla,  222. 
Thomas,  217,  222, 
William,  220,  221. 
Zerviah,  222. 
Bunker,  Martha,  131. 
Bunn,  Lucie  S.,  193. 

Sallie  E.,  193. 
Burnap,  Newton  B.,  145. 
Burnham,  Eunice,  60,  63. 
John,  62. 
Jonathan,  62. 
Thomas,  62. 
Burrough,  Samuel  R.,  119- 
Bushnell,  Albert  G.,  104. 
Butler,  Eldad,  150. 
John,  219. 

c. 

Caldwell,  Charles  M.,  106. 
Carr,  John  T.,  53. 
Carter,  Henry,  48. 

Sula  A.,  250. 
Cassidy,  Susan,  142. 
Chamberlain,  Martha,  232. 
Champion,  Henry,  11. 

Sarah,  12. 


284 


INDEX. 


Chase,  George,  43. 

Joseph,  183. 
Chatman,  Pernielia,  168. 
Chatterton,  Daniel,  156. 

George  A.,  156. 

Jewett  E.,  157. 

Mason  D.,  157. 

Sarah  E.,  157. 

Watts,  156. 
Chenej',  Elizabeth,  153. 

Roena,  loi. 
Child,  Abigail,  209. 
Chuixh,  Charles  C,  107. 

Frank  A.,  262. 

Thomas  D.,  100. 
Churchill,  Carroll  C,  171. 
Clark,  Eliphalet  W.,  104. 

Elizabeth,  217. 

George,  149. 

Hugh,  217. 

Martha,  177. 

William,  45. 
Clarke,  DeWitt  S.,  260. 

James  F.,  220. 

Martha  C,  220. 
Clemens,  William,  274. 
Clogstone,  Mar^',  178. 
Cochran,  R.  L. ,  19S. 
Coe,  Margaret  J.,  182. 
Colburn,  George  E.,  134. 
Cole,  Henr}'  G.,  76. 

Lovica  B.,  164. 
Collins,  Leander  A.,  250. 

R.  F.,  195. 
CoUester,  Miriam,  234. 
Colson,  Mary,  53. 
Colver,  Lucy,  158. 
Comey,  Henry  N.,  259. 
Conant,  Charlotte,  115. 

Hannah  E.,  114. 
Converse,  Albert  L.,  144. 

Henry,  139. 

William  O.,  143. 
Cooledge,  Laura  A.,  116. 
Coolidge,  Angenetta  R. ,  261. 

Edward  J.,  252. 


Corbett,  Carlton,  249. 

Mary  M.,  25S. 

Sophia  J.,  250. 
Cotting,  Hepsibath,  47. 
Cudworth,  Chloe,  i  ^6. 
5,  Curby,  Henrietta,  178. 
Currier,  J.  H.,  141. 

Silas  W. ,  143. 
Curtis,  Eady,  28. 
Cutting,  Ellen  M.,  117. 
Crane,  Julia  A.,  170. 
Crew,  Eliza  M  ,  77. 

D. 

Daby,  Abigail,  185. 
Davis,  Betsey,  149. 

Charles  J.,  150. 

Clarissa,  45. 

David,  157. 

Deliverance,  44. 

Dorathy,  45. 

Ebenezer,  153. 

Eli,  45. 

Emeline,  151. 

George  D.,  152. 

Hannah,  151. 

Harriet  E.,  130. 

Jane  E.,  46. 

John,  149. 

Joseph, 150. 

Julia  A.,  45. 

Levi,  149. 

Lucinda,  149. 

Lucy,  149. 

Lucy  J.,  207. 

Lydia,  45,  57,  148,  168. 

Marshall,  46. 

Mary,  46. 

Melvina,  152. 

Milan  E.,  152. 

Nancy,  150- 

Oliver,    46,     147,    14S, 
150. 

Oliver  T.,  45. 

Polly,  152. 

Preston  R.,  152. 


INDEX. 


285 


Davis,  Sally,  14S. 

Samuel,  151. 

Sarah,  153. 

Thomas  J.,  150. 
Dean,  Charlotte  L.,  200. 
Dexter,  Maria  L.,  15S. 

MarjE.  A.,  15S. 

Melissa  S. ,  15S. 

Varnum  C,  158. 
Dickerman,      Alonzo    W., 

165. 

John  A.,  165. 
Dickerson,  William,  148. 
Dixon,  Albert  F.,  90. 
Doane,  Relief,  127. 
Dodge,  Jane,  32. 

Joseph  A.,  262. 

Stephen,  48. 
Dods,  Rebecca,  186. 
Dowe,  Oscar  E.,  144. 
Downing,  James,  52. 
Doyle,  Mary  A.,  91. 

E. 
Eames,  John,  219. 
Earl,  Charles  L.,  166. 
Easton,  Elizabeth  A.,  98. 
Eaton,  Nancy  H.,  55. 
Edmundson,  Bettie,  193. 
Egerton,  Sallie  E.,  192. 
Ells,  George  N.,  iiS. 
Emerson,  Clarissa,  155. 

Edward  W.,  199. 
Emmons,  Lawrence  E.,  76. 
Estabrook,  Benjamin,  174. 

David  W.,  178. 

Elvira  C,  178. 

George  T.,  178. 

Hannah  M.,  178. 

Lucy,  178. 

Mary  A.,  178. 

Rosella  E.,  178. 

Roselta  E.,  178. 

Sarah  M.,  178,  179- 

Stephen  M.,  180. 
Estey,  James  Lawrence,  129. 

George  L.,  129. 


Fairl)anks,  Elizabeth  E.,  56. 
Emory,  112. 
Emory  H.,  116. 
Eunice  E.,  117. 
James  H.,  117,  118. 
J.  Francis,  116. 
Joseph  W.,  117. 
Lucy  A.,  118. 
Sevvel,  113. 
Sewel  W.,  118. 

Susan  A.,  11 8. 
Farwell,  Henry  A.,  135. 

John,  132. 
Field,  Matilda,  145. 
Fletcher,  Augustine  A.,  76. 

Benjamin,  149. 

Cynthia,  74. 

Dix,  73. 

Edmund,  71- 

Edmund  D.,  74. 

Eliza  H.,  76. 

Elwyn  B.,  76. 

Georgia  C,  76. 

HuldaT.,  73. 

Isaac  A.,  74. 

Isaac  W. ,  75- 

John,  73. 

Lucy,  71. 

Lucy  A..  75. 

Peter,  70,  72. 

Sarah,  72. 
Foster,  Abraham,  47. 

Adaline,  48. 

Adolphus  G.,  152. 

Alvin  R.,  50. 

Caroline,  53- 

Dorathy,  56. 

Edwin  S.,  50. 

Electa,  52. 

Elvira  F.,  48. 

Emma,  48. 

Emily,  51. 
Eunice,  48. 
George  C,  53- 
Harriet,  53. 


286 


INDEX. 


Foster,  Hosea,  50,  52,  53. 

Jerome,  53. 

Joel,  S3. 

Leonard,  48. 

Lydia,  49. 

Maria,  50,  177. 

Mary,  48. 

Mary  C.,  54. 

Nancy,  48. 

Nathaniel,  47. 

Polly,  52. 

Rhoda,  47. 

Samuel,  47,  48. 

Selina,  50. 

Stearns,  49. 

Susan,  52. 

Susannah,  53. 

Wesley,  53. 

Willard,  47. 
Forbush,  Catherine  A.,  274. 

David,  1S6. 

Manasseh,  186. 

Mary  S.,  264. 

Orestes,  256. 
Freeman,  Phila  T. ,  251. 
French,  Fred.  Y.,  51. 
Fuller,  Abigail  C,  177. 

Mary,  49. 

Timothy,  220. 

G. 

Gage,  Merrill,  102. 
Gamage,  Hannah  P.,  254. 
Gardner,     Katherine,    1S5, 
202,  222. 

John,  222. 
Gaut,  Thomas  H.,  loi. 
Gay,  William  P.,  213. 
Gerry,  Sarah  I.,  130. 
Gerden,  Emily  J.,  272. 
Gibbs,  Ann  M.,  118. 
Gibson,  Martha,  232. 
Gilbert,  Lucretia,  201. 
Glick,  Annis,  145. 
Goodridge,  Abijah,  64. 

David,  58. 
Goodspeed,  Harriet  G. ,  loi. 


Goodwin,  Mary,  232. 
Gould,  Henry,  151. 
Goulding,  Phebe,  238,  243. 
Granger,  Antoinette  S.,  53. 

Lyman  F. ,  53. 

Oscar,  53. 

O.  Foster,  53. 
Grant,  Mary  J.,  42. 
Graves,  Jane  L.,  165. 

Martha  E.,  165. 

Merrill,  165. 
Greenwood,  Charles,  148. 

E.  Tyler,  213. 

Joshua,  148. 

Sarah,  148. 
Greer,  Marcella,  144. 
Gregory,  J.  Frances,  145. 
Guion,  J.  Marshall,  53. 

H. 

Hale,  Elmira  I.,  89. 
Hall,  Adeline  F.,  213. 

Arunia,  213. 

Delette  H.,  119. 
Hamman,  William,  168. 
Hanson,  Henry,  119. 
Harbert,  Neppie,  19S. 
Harding,  Adeline  L.,  264. 
Hardy,  Sarah  W.,  85. 
Harris,  Mar3^  48. 
Harrington,  Abbie  A.,  213. 

Clara  A.,  213. 

Emma  F. ,  213. 

James,  211. 

James  E.,  212. 
Hart,  Melvina  E.,  51. 
Hartwell,  Benjamin  F. ,  204. 

Harris  C,  204. 
Ilaselton,  David,  134. 
Hathaway,  Phoebe  A.,  90. 
Haven,  Fanny,  236. 

Samuel,  236. 
Hayden,  Levina,  267. 
Haynes,  Caroline  M.,  87. 
Hay  ward,  Cynthia  F.,  52. 

Edward,  51. 

Edward  S. ,  52. 


INDEX. 


287 


Hayw;ird,  Elizabeth,  119. 

Ella  A.,  119. 

Eunice,  112. 

Herbert  N.,  119. 

James,  53,  iii. 

James  Wood,  114. 

Mar  J,  108. 

Sarah  M.,  51. 

Sallj,  151. 

Sophia  L. ,  75. 

Stevens,  115. 

Susannah,  113. 
Heath,,  Relief,  148. 
Henshaw,  Sally,  249. 
Hewett,  Clara  B.,  157. 
Hejwood,  Benjamin  L.,  212. 
Ililliard,  John,  107 
Hodkins,  William  C,  17S. 
Hoff,  Lydia,  107. 
Hogeboom,   Highland   H.,  179. 

John  N.,  179. 

Noah  J.,  179. 
Holden,  Bloomy,  105. 
Hollis,  Caleb,  169. 
Holt,  Belinda,  269. 

Henry  F.,  273. 
Holman,  Louise,  270. 
Homer,  Jonathan,  220. 
Honey,  Alice,  261. 
Hooper,     Augusta    Wood, 
208. 

William,  207. 
Houghton,  Catherine  E.,  149. 

Ella  S.,  50. 
Hovey,  Sylvia,  132. 
How,  Mary,  232. 
Howard,  Henry,  91. 
Howe,  Roselta,  iSo. 
Howell,  Mary  J.,  195,  196. 
Hoyt,  Elizabeth,  53. 

Lon.,  168. 
Hubbard,  Climena,  133. 
lluggins,  Lucy  A.,  i8i. 
Humphrey,  Etta  M.,  50. 
Humphries,  Lois,  153. 
Hunt,  Nancy,  68. 


J- 

Jack,  Mary  E.,  39. 
Jackson,  Anna,  186. 
Jacobs,  C.  W. ,  197. 

Caleb,  257. 
Jaquith,  Daniel,  171. 

Mary  E.,  165. 
Jenkins,  Ellen  M.,  152. 
Jewett,  Aseneth,  45. 

Benjamin,  154,  155. 

Betsey,  156. 

Eli,  160. 

Elizabeth,  160. 

George  A.,  158. 

Harriet,  160. 

Israel  H.,  159. 

Lois,  166. 

Mary,  166. 

Susannah,  15S. 
Johnson,  Adelia  M.,  165. 

Alvin  J.,  160. 

Cynthia  C,  166. 

David  B.,  160. 

Eli  H.,  164. 

Henry  C,  165. 

Laura  M.,  165. 

Mr.,  202. 

Maria  S.,  273. 

Mary  J.,  166. 

Sarah,  142. 

Sereno  B.,  25S. 

WiUard  R.  F.,  165. 

William  W.,  161. 
Jones,  Delia  E.,  107. 

Mary,  221. 

Mr.,  64. 

Pierre,  90. 
Joslin,  Elsie,  50. 

Oilman,  49. 

Luke,  49. 

Polly,  52. 

K. 

Kedzie,  Anna  W. ,  179. 
Keightley,  Randolph  R.,  106. 
Kelley,  MaryJ.,  45. 


288 


INDEX. 


Kelley,  William  A.,  45. 
Kendall,  Metaphor,  48. 
Kenyon,  Frances  P.,  133. 
Keyes,  Anne  S-,  19S. 

Florence,  198. 

George  F. ,  9Q. 

Henry  W.,  89. 

John  S. ,  198. 

Rowena,  151. 

Rufus,  85. 

Sara  A.,  89. 
Kibling,  Emeline,  47. 
Kimball,  Elizabeth,  265. 
King,  Caroline  E.,  104. 

Charles  H.,  32. 
Kittredge,  Otis,  89. 
Knight,  Amos,  151. 
Knowlton,  Sarah  S. ,  132. 

L. 

Ladd,  Babson  S.,  201. 
Laflin,  Harvey  B.,  179. 
Lakin,  Ellen  H.,  152. 

William,  152. 
Lamb,  Albert,  48. 
Lane,  Allen  F.,  54. 

Amos  F.,  55. 

Charles  W.,  56. 

Francis,  54. 

Hepsibath  C,  55, 

Hosea  F.,  56,  117. 

Leonard,  56. 

Milton,  55. 

Samuel,  55. 
Latham,  Benjamin  W.,  265. 

Ed.  S.,  52. 

Imogene,  53. 
Law,  Lydia,  44. 
Lawrence,  Betsey,  82. 

Esther,  169. 

Tryphena,  83. 
Lawson,  Sarah,  219. 
Leathe,  Sarah,  189. 
Leigh,  William  R.,  197. 
Leonard,  Ariadne,  195. 

George,  271. 
Lewis,  James  H.,  248. 


Little,  Ella,  143. 

William  C,  207,  208. 
Lovejoy,  Mary  A.,  74. 
Lovering,  Rosina,  97. 
Lynde,  George  B.,  105. 

M. 

Manning,  Lewis  S.,  105. 
Mansfield,  Mr.,  47. 
Mansur,  Alvah,  84,  88. 

Ellen  E.,  88. 
Marsh,  Mary  E.,  105. 
Marshall,  Cassandra,  151. 

George  K. ,  259. 
Jonas,  186. 
Marston,  Augusta  S.,  181. 
Martin,  Eunice,  64. 

George,  60,  63. 
Jonathan,  63. 

Lucy,  59,  66. 

Polly,  64. 
Mason,  Achsa,  175. 
Mathewson,  Jane  E.,  260. 
Maynard,  James  M.,  107. 
Mayo,  Dolly,  186. 
McDaniel,  Harrison,  146. 
McGilvary,  Adeline,  148. 
McGovern,  Catherine  M.,  69. 
McNamara,  Julia,  146. 
McPherson,  Stephen,  178. 
Mellen,  Thomas,  232. 
Metcalf,  Amelia,  93. 

Ezekiel,  56. 

Joel  F.,  56. 

Mary  A.,  57. 

Otis,  56. 
Miller,  Abbie  M.,  102. 

Charles  H.,  102. 

Elizabeth  I.,  loi. 

Emily  J.,  102. 

Frances  A.,  102. 

John,  loi. 

Robert  M.,  loi. 

Robert  S.,  102. 

Theodore  T.,  loi. 

William,  94. 
Mills,  Nancy  G.,  69. 


INDEX. 


289 


Moore,  Elizabeth,  150. 

J.  W.  E.,  195. 
More,  William,  17S. 
Morrison,  Marj  A.,  157. 
Morse,  Benjamin  P.,  247. 

Charles  H.,  263. 

Erastus,  263. 

Branny  E.,  103. 

Francis  L.,  263. 

Gilman  W.,  256. 

Henry,  247. 

Henry  W.,  263. 

Lovett,  255. 

Mary  Wood,  256. 

William  H.,  254. 
Morton,  Orrin,  57. 

N. 

Nelson,  Fannie,  195. 
Newell,  Edgar  A.,  146. 
Newhall,  Eliza  J.,  75. 

Nehemiah  A.,  75. 
Newton,  Calista,  150. 

Calista  A.,  160. 

Joel,  160. 

Rebecca  E.,  9S. 
Nicholls,  Lizzie  W. ,  39. 
Nichols,  Nancy,  203. 
Nourse,  Calvin,  74. 

Silas,  72. 
Noyes,  Edward,  135. 
Nutting,  Ella  F.,  87. 

o. 

Olcott,  Amoretta  1.,  256. 
O'Neil,  John,   146. 

P. 

Packard,  I.  A.,  55. 

Philena  H.,  56. 
Parker,  Mr.,  28. 

Abel  O.,  103. 

Daniel,  95. 

Daniel  W.,  103. 

Eveline  E.,  142. 

Mary,  103, 

Sarah,  103. 
Parkhurst,  Mary,  55. 
Parsons,  Betsey  A.,  38. 
32 


Parsons,  Susan,  149. 
Partridge,  Alfred  W.,  160. 
Patch,  Betsey  W.,  72. 

Louisa,  73. 
Pease,  George  B.,  140. 

George  L.,  145, 

Mary  M.,  145. 
Peckham,  Emma  F. ,  265. 

Robert  H.,  258. 
Perkins,  Anne  G.,  194.  195. 

Mary,  62. 
Perry,  Bernice  A.,  165. 
Peters,  George  H.,  136. 
Peterson,  Martha,  261. 
Pettus,  L.  J.,  196. 
Phelps,  Barney,  211. 

M.  Etta,  211. 
Pratt,  Samuel  C,  85. 

Charles  E.,  89. 
Priest,  Abigail  J.,  141. 

Addie  B.,  146. 

Arabella  Wood,  90. 

B.  Franklin,  141. 

Benjamin  W.,  86. 

Clarissa  M.,  146. 

Frank,  137. 

Frederick  W.  L.,  142. 

George  R.,  146. 

John  Wood,  137,  139. 

Luther,  141. 

Maria,  140. 

Mary,  140. 

Mary  A.,  146. 

Mary  E.,  143. 

Miranda,  141. 

NianaJ.,  139. 

Olive  L.,  143. 

Oren  A.,  90. 

Valentine  T. ,  142. 
Prentice,  Delia  II.,  134. 
Pierce,  Fred  O.,  i66. 

Martha,  213. 

Sylvester,  213. 
Piere,  Mary  A.,  258. 
Pike,  Adeline,  141. 
Piper,  Alice  G.,  51. 

J.  Ellery,  51. 


290 


INDEX. 


Pitts,  B.  Marshall,  211. 
Pollard,  Lucy,  56. 

Sally,  148. 
Pond,  Kate  B.,  262. 
Preble,  Carrie  E.,  264. 
Prescott,  Martha  L.,  19S. 

Timothy,   198. 
Prestvvich,  Charles,  133. 
Proudfit,  Jane,  191,  192. 
Prouty,  Ira  F.,  50. 

Ira  J.,  50. 

0.- 

Qiiinn,  A.  C,  177. 
R. 

Rand,  Mary,  211. 

Mary  E.,  74. 
Raymond,  Maranda,  211. 
Read,  Elizabeth  C,  249. 
Redding,  Sarah  IL,  76. 
Redfield,  G.  H.,  100. 

Mary  E.,  106. 
Reed,  John,  45. 

Mary  J.,  45. 
Reynolds,  Theodore  A.,  102 
Rice,  Adin,  213. 

Bezaleel,  222. 

Hannah,  222. 

Mary  G.,  50. 

William,  186. 
Rich,  Frederick  G.,  213. 
Richardson,  Elizabeth,  iSo. 

Mary  H.,  86. 

Reid,  149. 
Robins,  Benjamin,  26. 
Roberts,  Adams  A.,  51. 
Robertson,  Mr.,  46. 
Rockwood,  Martha,  257. 
Rose,  Elizabeth  F.,  141. 
Russell,  Abby  S.,  116. 
Rutter,  Joseph  O.,  42. 
Ryan,  Thomas  E.,  104. 

s. 

Sabin,  Benajah',  171. 
Permelia,  171. 
Sandford,  Celestia  B., 
142. 


Sanger,  Mary  E.,  259. 
Sargent,  Mary  J.,  50. 
Savage,  Edward,  148. 
Sawtelle,  Josiah  P.,  54. 

Sylvia  R.,  181. 
Sawyer,  Abner  W. ,  104. 

Betsey  B.,  103. 

Dorathy,  104. 

George,  46. 

George  A.,  46. 

George  W.,  96. 

Julia  L.,  104. 

Mary,  45. 

Reuben  M.,  51. 

Roxana,  108. 

Sarah  W. ,  104. 
Scaden,  Cornelia,  53. 
Scott,  Alice  C,  53. 

Charles,  169. 

Eliza  A.,  50. 

Harriet  P.,  169. 
Sears,  Henry  T.,  103. 
Seaver,  Augustus,  262. 

Charles,  252. 

Charles  H.,  261. 

Samuel,  261. 
Selden,  E.  D.,  43. 
Sharp,  Susan,  51. 
Sharpe,  Martha,  218. 
Shattuck,  Mr.,  28. 
Shepard,  Mary  E.,  263. 
Shiverick,  Jennie  F. ,  264. 
Sisson,  Annette  J.,  182. 
Sleeper,  Jonathan,  148. 
Smith,  Asa,  47. 

Benjamin  F.,  100. 

Hannah,  121. 

J.  Franklin,  107. 

Kilburn,  85. 
Smythe,  Agnes,  144. 

Charles,  144. 

Charles  B.,  140. 

Frank  H.,  145. 

James,  144. 

John  H.,  145. 
Snyder,  L.  V.,  108. 
Soper,  Mrs.,  188. 


INDEX. 


291 


Soper,  Jacob,  1S8. 

Willard,  52. 
Spaulding,  Mr.,  28. 

Joseph,  i86. 
Spooner,  MarjA.  ,94. 
Sprague,  Joanna,  181. 
Stafford,  Lucinda,  139. 
Stanley,  Sarah  L.,  181. 
Starrett,  George,  208. 
Start,  Mr.,  47. 
Stearns,  Lydia,  48. 

Priscilla  A.,  263. 
Stephens,  Agnes,  89. 
Stewart,  Almon,  52. 

John,  178. 
Stone,  Abbj  C,  107. 

Benjamin  P.,  176. 

Charles  II.,  177. 

Daniel,  232. 

Eliza,  98. 

E.  Wjman,  103. 

George  S.,  176. 

Louise,  214. 
Stott,  Sarah,  180. 
Stowe,  Charles,  166. 
Stratton,  Marj  E.,  273. 
Swan,  Abel  E.,  105. 

Baxter,  97. 

Baxter  C,  104. 
Sykes,  Jannetta,  179. 
Taylor,  Edmund  H.,  19S. 

Henry  L. ,  197. 

Jennie,  198. 

John  A.,  211. 

Mary,  232. 

Mary  A. ,  211. 

Mary  P.,  198. 

Samuel,  210. 

William,  210. 
Tebbetts,  Lewis  B.,  88- 
Tenny,  Elnora,  180. 
Testament,  Elizabeth,  144. 
Thayer,  Alice  C,  32. 

Marian,  262. 
Thompson,  Henrietta,  144. 

Jane,   156. 
Thorpe,  Daniel  Wood,  194. 


Thorpe,  Franklin  J.,  194. 

Henry  R.,  193. 

John,  193. 

John  H,,  193. 

William  L.,  193. 
Thurston,  Hannah  M.,  134. 
Tisdale,  Emma  L. ,  263. 
Tredwell,  Mary  B.,  194. 
Trim,  Permelia  A.,  131. 
Tracy,  Carrie  M.,  107. 
Trask,  William  P.,  108. 
Tuttle,  Mary,  62. 
Twiss,  Sarah,  150. 
Tyler,  Laura,  54. 

w. 

Wakefield,  Olive,  139. 
Walcott,  Charles  H.,  199. 
Walden,  Amanda  E.,  260. 
Wallace,  Eliza  B.,  150. 
Walters,  Mary,  178. 
Warner,  Georgie,  I02. 

Lucia  H.,  160. 
Ward,  Joseph,  260. 

Martha,  55. 

Olive,  104. 
Ware,  Mary,  170. 
Warren,  Edgar  W.,  134. 

Henry  E.,  130. 

Rufus  E,,  266. 
Washburn,  Emma,  52. 

Reed,  152. 
Watkins,  Sarah,  208. 
Watson,  Eva  E.,  157. 
Weaver,  John  T.,  193. 
Wells,  Elizabeth,  62. 
Wetherbee,  Dolly,  53. 

John,  114. 

Susan  A.,  119. 
Wheeler,  Rebekah,  28. 

William,  28. 
Whettemore,  Grace,  26. 

Sibyl,  173. 
Whitaker,  Eleazer,  248. 

James  E.,  264. 

James  L.,  257. 

Joseph  Wood,  257. 

Milo  R.,  264. 


292 


INDEX. 


Whitaker,  Nancy  L.,  357. 
Whitcomb,  Ann  M.,  S7. 

Sarah,  211. 
White,  Abel,  91. 

Abel  H.,  106. 

Asa,  94. 

Emma  R.,  105. 

Eveljn  R.,  106. 

Helen,  105. 

John,  93,  222. 

John  A.,  99. 

John  H.,  107. 

Lucy  A.,  106. 

Lucy  M.,  94. 

Mary  R.,  100. 

Minnie  E.,  loS. 

Nancy,  97. 

Polly,  95. 

Sally,  96. 

Samuel  M.,  98. 

Sarah,  100. 

Sarah  E.,  loS. 
'    Sarah  L.,  loi. 

S.  Maria,  107. 
Thomas,  97. 
Thomas  H.,  105. 
Victor  F.,  106. 
William,  98. 
Whitman,  Abigail  W.,  186. 
Alonzo,  188. 
Charles,  203. 
Charlotte,  186. 
Christopher,  203. 
Dolly,  186. 
Dorcas,  i86. 
Elizabeth,  186,  203. 
Emma,  204. 
Jonathan,  186. 
Joseph,  1S6. 
Joseph  M.,  187. 
Nichols,  203. 
Sarah  W.,  186. 
Zechariah,  186. 
Whitney,  Abram,  202. 
Emma  M.,  212. 
Luther,  168. 
Whittemore,  Frank  H.,  203. 


Wilcox,  Frank,  53. 
Wilder,  Abram,  74. 

George  P.,  77. 

Lucy  M.,  77. 
Wiley,  John,  200. 

William,  200. 
Willard,  Mrs.,  47. 

Abigail,  68. 

Luke  P.,  52. 
Williams,  Abraham,  220. 

Betsey,  205. 

Caleb,  1S6. 

Charles  E.,  87. 

Charles  H.,  264. 

David,  52. 

Edward  A. ,  90. 

Florence  E.,  200. 

Jennie  S.,  265. 

Mary  A.,  181. 

Sarah,  220. 

Susan  A.,  49. 
Wilson,  Alice,  52. 

Benjamin  F. ,  53. 

Caroline  E.,  258. 

Cynthia,  49. 

Elizabeth  D.,  274. 

Emma,  52. 

Mary,  176. 
Winchester,  Ebenezer,  219. 
Winship,  Benjamin,  149. 
Winslow,  Mary  E.,  257. 
Winters,  Elisha  H.,  91. 
Wood,  Janette,  250. 
Woods,  Marcus  M.,  261. 
Woodward,  Brinton  W. ,  77. 

Charles  E.,  118. 
Worcester,  Caroline,  214. 
Work,  Henry  C,  103. 
Wright,  Rebeckah,  29. 

u. 

Underwood,  Sarah  B.,  250. 

V. 

Valentine,  Joseph,  236. 
Vanaman,  Mary  A.,  90. 

Y. 

Yearly,  Emily,  106. 


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